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The Tower of Babel by Pieter Breugel the Elder (1563). While famous throughout European history because of the biblical story, no one knew what the Tower of Babel might have looked like until the 19th-century rediscovery of Mesopotamian ziggurats. In this painting, Bruegel imagined a building like the Colosseum in Rome reaching high into the sky, but unfinished.

August 2023 | Vol. 11.8 By Marc Van De Mieroop “But the LORD came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. The LORD said, “If as one people speaking the sam

View of the Elephantine and its ruins. Photo by Marc Ryckaert, CC By-SA 3.0.

November 26, 2019

By ANE Today Editor

Egypt Judaism

Judeans and Goddesses at Elephantine

The Judean colony on the Egyptian island of Elephantine is well known for its temple. But did they also worship deities besides YHW?

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Before and After Babel

Judeans and Goddesses at Elephantine