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== In modern culture == * The [[Semiramis InterContinental Hotel]] in [[Cairo]] is named after her. It is where the [[Cairo Conference (1921)|Cairo Conference of 1921]] took place and was presided over by [[Winston Churchill]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sixty Minutes with Winston Churchill|author=W. H. Thompson|author-link=Walter H. Thompson|date=1964|orig-year=1953|page=9}}</ref> * On the Congressional Medal of Honor Society website(cmohs.org), until Spring 2024, the Air Force section stated that the Statue of Liberty is an image of Semiramis, Queen of Babylon. In previous years, the description on the website also included the text, "wife of Nimrod" and that she "reigned for 42 years." Today, the website does not contain any reference to the fact, the Statue of Liberty was designed to be Queen Semiramis.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Medal of Honor Design Details - All Branches {{!}} CMOHS |url=https://www.cmohs.org/medal/design |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=Congressional Medal of Honor Society |language=en}}</ref> * Semiramis appears in the Japanese light novel and anime series ''[[Fate/Apocrypha]]'' of the ''Fate'' franchise as the Assassin of Red. She also appears in the mobile game of the same franchise, ''[[Fate/Grand Order]]''. * [[Semiramis (band)|Semiramis]] is an Italian progressive rock band who produced one LP, ''Dedicato a Frazz'' (1973). * Semiramis is mentioned in the [[Malice Mizer]] song "[[Malice Mizer discography|Illuminati]]" (1998).{{relevance|date=June 2024}} * In [[John Myers Myers]]' 1949 novel ''[[Silverlock]]'', Semiramis appears as a lustful, commanding queen, who stops her procession to try to seduce young Lucius, who has been transformed into a donkey.<ref>[http://www.anitra.net/commonwealth/refindex4.html#17 Tracking the Wild Allusions in Silverlock: The Way of Choice]. Retrieved 2011-12-16.</ref> * [[Christopher C. Doyle]]'s ''The Secret of the Druids'' (2017), the third book in the ''[[The Mahabharata Secret|Mahabharata Secret]]'' trilogy, depicts Semiramis as the estranged daughter of powerful Indian king Sthabarpati, who attacks her father's kingdom in pursuit of [[amrita]] (nectar). When she learns her son has conspired against her, she abdicates her throne and moves to Ireland, where she is revered as a goddess. * In Costanza Casati’s book “Babylonia,” Semiramis is the main character. The book is about Semiramis’s rise to power, from humble beginnings to the great throne of the Assyrian Empire.
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