Al-Mawkib Street

It is the main street of the great city of Babylon and the sacred road that connects the city to the religious ceremonial house known as “Akitu” house. The southern part of this street was called in Babylonian by the name (Ishtar Lamcho), and its meaning is “the Ishtar god protects his army”. As for the north of it, it was called (Lai Bor Shabu), which means “the street that enemies do not cross”, and the most important feature of this street is that it was connected to a sewage network with the rest of the city to drain water. The walls of Al-Mawkib Street are currently preserved in the Perkamon Museum in Germany.