Northern Palace

It is the main palace in which the archaeologists found in one of its courtyards the most important trace which is the symbol of Babylon and the representative of its greatness (the Lion of Babylon). It was found in 1776 AD by the German archaeological mission. It was made of basalt and it dates back to the Hittite period, and it weighs 4 tons, as the area of the Babylonian rule did not have this type of rocks. These rocks abound in the Hittites region, which is located north of Babylon (today’s Turkey), knowing that the northern palace was demolished and blown up so that its bricks would be used in building the Hindiya Dam, which was built by a wealthy Indian woman in the year 1890 AD, and the dam was named after her.