They are part real, part replica. The large market area with the friezes and the steps is all real, I think. They could not fix some of the broken pieces and you can see them there along with the pieces they managed to put together.
The Entrance into Babylon is a replica. They had photos of the site where the digging took place, and they were able to make an impressive and beautiful replica.
OMG, the jewelry and all the GOLD fascinated the hell out of me! To think they were handmade and so incredibly detailed and beautiful! It was so stunning I can't even begin to describe it.
And yet again I did not buy something I really liked...a replica of the necklace! And some gorgeous earrings that were replicas of gold coins. They weren't all that expensive, so I am kicking myself that I didn't get them!
(Maybe I will send my friend some money and ask her to go get them for me!) :(
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Date: 2011-01-08 12:31 pm (UTC)The Entrance into Babylon is a replica. They had photos of the site where the digging took place, and they were able to make an impressive and beautiful replica.
OMG, the jewelry and all the GOLD fascinated the hell out of me! To think they were handmade and so incredibly detailed and beautiful! It was so stunning I can't even begin to describe it.
And yet again I did not buy something I really liked...a replica of the necklace! And some gorgeous earrings that were replicas of gold coins. They weren't all that expensive, so I am kicking myself that I didn't get them!
(Maybe I will send my friend some money and ask her to go get them for me!) :(