1. ISHTAR, Queen of Night, Open Thy Gate to me!

2. Ishtar, who was now worshipped as the "Mother of God and Queen of Heaven", continued to build her mystery religion.

3. Ishtar also proclaimed that because Tammuz was killed by a pig, that a pig must be eaten on that Sunday.

4. Ishtar Ishtar," the goddess Ishtar, "cried out like a woman in labor .

5. A reconstruction of Babylon's Ishtar Gates, once considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, is a highlight at Berlin's Pergamon Museum.

6. Ishtar was abused there but released in exchange for another god.

7. Queen Ishtar told the people that Tammuz was now ascended to his father, Baal, and that the two of them would be with the worshippers in the sacred candle or lamp flame as Father, Son and Spirit.

8. Ishtar soon became pregnant and claimed that it was the rays of the sun-god Baal that caused her to conceive.

9. Once, Ishtar descended to the underworld to challenge her sister Ereshkigal, the Queen of the Underworld.

10. During her tenure, she penned 42 amazingly eloquent temple hymns to praise not only her main master, but love and war goddess Ishtar/Inanna and their respective institutions of worship as well.

11. Officials said attackers detonated vehicles packed with explosives in quick succession Monday outside Baghdad's Ishtar Sheraton, al-Hamra and Babylon hotels.

12. Iraqi officials said car bombs were detonated outside the Babylon, Ishtar Sheraton, and al-Hamra hotels.

13. It is often written Ashtoreth, particularly in Bible references to Philistine idols. The name may have been derived from that of the Assyrian goddess Ishtar.

14. Aphrodite was originally an old - Asian goddess, similar to the Mesopotamian Ishtar and the Syro - Palestinian goddess Ashtart.

14. Wish you can benefit from our online sentence dictionary and make progress day by day!

15. There is a large mountain range, Maxwell Montes, reaching 12km above the surroundings in Ishtar Terra, while Aphrodite Terra has a vast system of valleys spanning thousands of kilometres.

16. Come, let me lead thee ramparted Uruk, To the holy Temple, abode of Anu and Ishtar, Where lives Gilgamesh, accomplished in strength And like a wild ox lords it over the folk.

17. Iraqi officials say the attackers drove cars packed with explosives and set off their bombs in quick succession outside Baghdad's Ishtar Sheraton, Babylon and al-Hamra hotels.

18. The American reconstruction team has refurbished a modern museum on the site, as well as a model of the Ishtar Gate that for decades served as a visitors' entrance.

19. The story of his life revolves around his devotion to the goddess Ishtar (also known as Inanna) and painful yearning for an heir to the throne.

20. Highlight: One of the attractions for tourists is the Ishtar Gate in Babylon, built in about 575 BC on the orders of King Nebuchadnezzar II.

21. She was also high priestess of the Temple of Ishtar at Magdala, and as such she would have been the keeper of the doves.