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Athanasius Kircher - Turris Babel - descriptio turris babilonicae
Summary
depiction of the tower of Babylon, built by Ninus and Semiramis according to Athanasius Kircher's book Turris Babel; please note that, according to Kircher, this is not the Tower of Babel, but a different construction, built about 100 years later by the legendary king Ninus and his queen Semiramis in Babylon.
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Date
1679
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Wikimedia Commons
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public domain
