Episode 08
The Tower Beneath the Story
Archaeologists found a ninety-one-meter-square foundation beneath Babylon, while cuneiform texts describe a tower of seven levels rising to a temple above the city. Mariana and Tyson test whether Etemenanki caused a language catastrophe, concealed lost technology, or became the physical target of a counter-story written under empire.
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Ockelwog reconstruction. Built from a frontal photograph. The front is the best-supported face; the sides and back are inferred. Not a research scan.
The evidence
Tower of Babel Stele
A black stone stele carved with the plan and elevation of Etemenanki, Babylon's staged tower, beside the king who claimed to rebuild it.
- Date
- c. 600 BCE
- Place
- Babylon, Iraq
- Held
- Schøyen Collection
- Catalog
- MS 2063