The Tower of Babylon

The famous tower that was being built to touch Heaven is also the reason why we have many different languages, and people all over the Earth. You can find this in Genesis 11:1-9. Biblestudytools.com explains it well as it states the following: "God did not like the pride and arrogance in the hearts of the people. God caused the people to suddenly speak different languages so they could not communicate and work together to build the tower. This caused the people to scatter across the land. The tower was named The Tower of Babel because the word Babel means confusion. This story is a powerful reminder of how important it is to obey God's Word and to not think that we can build a successful but godless life on our own (The Tower of Babel - Bible Story Verses & Meaning)!" The Smithsonian Channel on YouTube came out with a video in 2017 with a tablet that shows the structure of the tower. Dr. Andrew George from SOAS University explains that there is an ancient text on the tablet that confirms that the sketch on the drawing is the tower of Babel (Smithsonian Channel 2017). This can show us that the tower was real. Also, remains have been found in Iraq that have been confirmed to be the tower as well. Here is a painting by Marten van Valkenborch called The Tower of Babel. I like this image as the tower is square and not round like it is shown on the tablet. If I was to describe what I thought it may have looked like I would have said something like this painting.

Note: I have included the YouTube video in the media section of this post.

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"The Tower of Babel - Bible Story Verses & Meaning." Bible Study Tools, www.biblestudytools.com/bible-stories/the-tower-of-babel.html.

Smithsonian Channel. "Some Very Compelling Evidence the Tower of Babel Was Real." YouTube, YouTube, Smithsonian Channel, 21 Apr. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgksU2F18lg.