To know that among the four ancient kingdoms of the world, ancient Babylon is the most mysterious country, many unsolved mysteries in this ancient city, just like the Babel Tower described in the Bible, this towering tower, has always been able to lead to the sky, its power comes from the unity of mankind, God saw it and was very worried, so he cast a spell, scattered human beings around the world, and then disrupted their language, so that they could not communicate with each other, the Tower of Babel really interrupted the spread, The Tower of Babel in this mythical story also really existed in ancient Babylon, and this tower is also known as the Tower of Babel, symbolizing that it is a tower of chaos.
According to legend, the Babylonian Tower of Babel was built on the outskirts of the ancient babylonian city, next to the Euphrates River, and as the Babylonian dynasty gradually declined, the tower gradually disappeared into the long river of history, according to records, in 539 BC, the Persian Empire conquered the ancient Babylonian kingdom, and this tower was destroyed by his later sith.
We can only see some shadows of this majestic tower in some historical books, as early as 460 BC, when a text describing the Tower of Babel was recorded.
According to historical records, Herodotus in the tour of the ancient city of Babylon, saw this towering tower, this is a solid tower, its height of about 200 meters, to know the level of science and technology at that time, this height is how amazing, the tower has a total of 8 floors, a spiral passage straight to the top of the tower, the surrounding tower base is 90 meters high, and built on it, the size of the entire building is majestic, gorgeous shape, and climbing to the top of the tower can have a panoramic view of the entire babylonian city, is the great building of the Babylonian Dynasty. Although many texts record this magical tower,
But people have not found out where it was built, as if it was invented by the ancients, to know that such a tall building, even after thousands of years will leave some traces, is not the Tower of Babel really exists, just a spiritual symbol of people?
According to historical materials and archaeological findings, modern archaeologists believe that during Alexander the Great's expedition to India, he once came to the remains of the Tower of Babel, and regretted its damage, and tried to repair the tower, which took a total of two months and more than 10,000 people, but finally failed.
During the Neo-Babylonian dynasty, there was once a large pagoda of the Temple of Marduk, which was speculated to be the legendary Tower of Babel. But the tower is only 100 meters high, and the building has always been called a temple, which is very different from the records of the Tower of Babel. Until the German archaeologist Wilbert-Colweed discovered a giant base of a tower in the excavation of babylonian ruins, this tower base is 87.78 meters long on each side, the base of the tower is built on the temple, the entire wall is very exquisite, with gold leaf and blue glazed tiles as decoration.
According to scientific modeling and analysis, the tower consumed a total of 58 million bricks and stones. Scientists have always believed that this is the legendary Tower of Babel, people through the 3D technology to restore the majestic appearance of this tower, but due to the lack of structural drawings, still do not know how this tower was built, here have to admire the wisdom of the Babylonians, through manpower can build such a great building, which more inspired people to pursue Babylonian culture, maybe one day the complete Tower of Babel will be presented in front of us!