Vechiul Babilon astăzi Irak

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În acest topic propun să postăm materile sau articole legate de Babilonul antic.

Se poate vedea prin satelit locul unde era înainte Turnul Babel iar apoi după reconstrucţie templul din Babilon dedicat dumnezeului Marduk:



Linkuri:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etemenanki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Babel

Probabil cărămizile au fost luate ca material de construcţii ele fiiavând calităţi deosebite.

Mai la Nord se vede că tentativa lui Sadam de a recontrui oraşul Babilon nu a fost doar o tentativă:



http://www.panoramio.com/photo/3340071
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/12336321

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Final demolition[edit]

In 331 BCE, Alexander the Great captured Babylon and ordered repairs to the Etemenanki; when he returned to the ancient city in 323 BCE, he noted that no progress had been made, and ordered his army to demolish the entire building, to prepare a final rebuilding.[10] His death, however, prevented the reconstruction.[11] The Babylonian Chronicles and Astronomical Diaries record several attempts to rebuild the Etemenanki, which were always preceded by removing the last debris of the original ziggurat. The Ruin of Esagila Chronicle mentions that the Seleucid crown prince Antiochus I decided to finally rebuild it, sacrificed, stumbled and fell, and angrily ordered his elephant drivers to destroy the last remains.[12] There are no later references to the Etemenanki from antiquity.
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