Images

These are glazed tiles of a mosaic originally in Susa. The original mosaic is now in the Louvre in Paris.

Image: Tomb of Daniel In Susa

Thought you'd find this interesting! It's supposedly Daniel's tomb in Susa.

Ancient Babylon: Lion

Last week we talked about how Babylon was once depicted with the image of the lion. Below are some pictures of artifacts from Ancient Babylon that show us some examples:

The Lion of Babylon statue, showing the strength of the lion over man.

Lions on the Ishtar Gate, built during the time of King Nebuchadnezzar.

Detail of a lion from the Ishtar Gate.

Picture This

Last week as we discussed Daniel 6 we tried to imagine what it was like for Daniel as he spent the night in the den of lions. Here are a few examples of how various artists have visualized it. Do any of them compare with your own thoughts?

An Artist's Rendering

This week in our homework we were asked to sketch the "tree" dream as best as we could. It's interesting to imagine and to visualize these things we're reading about in Daniel. Here are some artists' renderings of what we've been studying:

The "statue" dream of Daniel 2. (Painting by John Hopkins)

The "tree" dream of Daniel 4. (Painting by Guy Rowe)

The humbled Nebuchadnezzar of Daniel 4. (Painting by William Blake)

Ancient Babylon Images

Today as we discussed chapter 4 of Daniel, we found King Nebuchadnezzar enjoying life in Babylon, completely at ease in his palace. (This was, of course, before his "tree" dream and before its interpretation became his reality.) Here are some pictures of Ancient Babylon to help us imagine the setting in which we find the king:

Remains of the original walls surrounding Babylon.

Looking down on the palace in Babylon.