PHOENIX, Arizona, USA — Assyrian-American builder Ramzy Hormes has recreated Babylon’s ancient Ishtar Gate using more than 3,400 LEGO bricks, seeking to bring one of ancient Beth Nahrin’s (Mesopotamia) most recognizable monuments to a new generation. Hormes built the model as a representation of the monumental gate constructed around 575 BC under Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II and dedicated to the goddess Ishtar.