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The Tower of Babel

The Tower of Babel

‎Since the 3rd millennium BCE, towers in form of a terraced pyramid, so called ziggurats, were constructed in Babylon and at other places in Mesopotamia. Temples were built on the upper platform. The Tower of Babel was about 90 m high, and it was called Etemenanki (“House between Heaven and Earth”).
Gen 11:1–9


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