The Ishtar Gate of Babylon is currently housed in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, a location the Bible refers to as the "seat of Satan." Modern pop culture, such as Katy Perry's Super Bowl performance, frequently utilizes the iconography of Ishtar riding a lion. The discussion reiterates Herodotus' accounts of ritual prostitution, where strangers would cast silver coins to initiate sexual rites in the name of the goddess.