| Tower of Babel |
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| Height from ground: |
probably 90 m (295 ft) |
| Location: |
Babylon, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) |
| Construction years: |
probably 605-562 BC |
| Principal: |
probably King Nebuchadnezzar
II |
| YATS Heigth Ranking: |
#13 |
| YATS Age Ranking: |
#1 |
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| Mesopotamian ziggurats
were staged temple towers that lifted worshippers closer to their gods.
The biblical ziggurat, called the Tower of Babel, symbolized humanity in
rebellion against God in their attempt to ascend to heaven. The Tower of
Babel story has come to symbolize human sin. |
| Photo © www.corbis.com/Historical
Picture Archive (hand-colored copper engraving by A.M. Mallet, ca. 1683) |