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This wall is part of a large and long wall at the ancient city of Babylon, in modern-day Iraq. The walls lie before the so-called Southern Palace of Nebuchadnezzar II. Neo-Babylonian period, reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, 6th century BCE.

An illustration of the Long Walls fortifications which connected the city of Athens to its port of Piraeus from the 5th century BCE.

Siege damage to the Chester City Walls following the First English Civil War, 1645 - 1646 CE.

Exacvated remains of the fabled walls of Jericho, c. 8000 BCE. The stone wall was originally 3.6 meters (11.8 feet) high and 1.8 meters (5.9 feet) wide at the base.

A 19th century CE painting by Francesco Hayez of the First Crusaders at the walls of Jerusalem in 1099 CE. (Royal Palace of Turin, Italy)

The star is located near the New Gate on the northern part of the walls of Jerusalem.

A section of the decorated adobe walls of one of the palace compounds in Chan Chan, northern Peru. Chan Chan was the capital of the Chimu (Chimor) civilization which flourished between the 12th and 15th centuries CE.

The fortification walls and Kankaimon gate of Shuri Castle, Okinawa, Japan. 14th century CE.

A section of the fortification walls of the Inca Sacsayhuaman (also Saqsawaman) fortress-temple complex of northern Cusco, 13th-15th century CE.

A detail of the Hellenistic fortification walls of Butrint (modern Albania) employing large polygonal blocks. 2nd century BCE.