Unusual Construction Material May Be Linked To The Tower Of Babel
June 12, 2022 by SkyWatch Editor
According to Genesis 11:1-9, the tower was built in the land of Shinar — Babylonia — sometime after the great flood. Curiosity and investigation have yielded a number of significant evidence and substantiation for the tower’s existence, including some “unusual construction elements” discovered on a brick thought to have formerly been a component of the tower. The brick was commissioned by King Nebuchadnezzar II, who is believed to have ordered the tower’s construction. In 586 BC, in a drive for world dominion, he besieged Jerusalem, a city 500 miles to the west, capturing its most talented and educated residents. It is believed that when these individuals were carried to Babylon, which is located in modern-day Iraq, they were transformed into slaves, made to work, and held in captivity. Some scholars believe that when these prisoner Jews saw the tower being built, they were first mesmerized, but quickly saw it as a symbol of their captivity…(READ MORE)