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3、eatBritainbyTheCamelotPressLtd.,LondonandSouthamptonLISTOFILLUSTRATIONS'TheTowerofBabel'byBrueghel(ViennaMuseum)FrontispieceFacingpage1.(a)2j,gguratofUr.Thetriplestaircase32(b)%igguratofUr.Southface(photographsbytheauthor)322.'TheTowerofBabel'byBrueghel(VanBeuningenColle

4、ction)483.'TheTowerofBabel'byMatthieuMerian(1593—IC50).Etching64FIGURESI.Representationsofzigguratsfoundonmonuments:(a)Cylinder;(b)Seal;(c)Kudurru27II.RepresentationofazigguratonanAssyrianbas-relieffoundatNineveh(seventhcenturyB.C.)29III.SitesofMesopotamia!!ziggurats31IV

5、.Uruk:Templeonahighterrace.Theso-called'^igguratofAnu'(fourthmillenniumB.C.)33[41]THETOWEROFBABELIn1949Ipublishedabookentitled^'igguratsetTourdeBabel,1whichwasthefruitoftwentyyearsofresearchinthesoilofMesopotamia,whitherithasbeenmylotoftentoreturn,pickinhand.Duringthatti

6、meIhadgivenmuchthoughttohowthefindingsofarchaeologycomparedwiththewordsoftheBible,andIfeltthatthetimehadcometopauseandtakestockoncemore.IhadlongbeenoftheopinionthatbehindthenarrativeofChapteriiofGenesistherelayhiddensomethingquitedifferentfromwhathadalwaysbeenassertedbyt

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