Tower of Babel. Engraving of the legendary Tower of Babel. According to the Genesis book of the Bible, the tower was erected on the plain of Shinar in

• Contributor: Science Photo Library / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: 2ADG3PW
• File size: 26.5 MB (2.2 MB Compressed download)
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• Dimensions: 2516 x 3675 px | 21.3 x 31.1 cm | 8.4 x 12.3 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 10 December 1997
• Photographer: GEORGE BERNARD/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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Tower of Babel. Engraving of the legendary Tower of Babel. According to the Genesis book of the Bible, the tower was erected on the plain of Shinar in Babylonia by the descendents of Noah. The builders intended to reach heaven with the tower. Their actions angered God, who stopped construction by giving the builders different languages and scattering them around the world. The story, possibly inspired by the fall of the famous temple tower of Etemenanki, was used to explain the ethnic diversity of the world's population. Babel" is derived from the Assyro- Babylonian word "bab-ili", meaning "gate of God", and has led to the modern English word "babble"."

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