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The '''Tower of Babel''' (Hebrew: מגדל, ''mighdal'', 'tower'; בָּבֶל, ''bāḇel'', Babel), located in ancient [[Babylon]],<ref>[[Berossus the Chaldean]], ''Babylonika''<br /> see entirety of fragment above in section '"in Berossus' ''Babylonika'' Fragment"
 
The '''Tower of Babel''' (Hebrew: מגדל, ''mighdal'', 'tower'; בָּבֶל, ''bāḇel'', Babel), located in ancient [[Babylon]],<ref>[[Berossus the Chaldean]], ''Babylonika''<br /> see entirety of fragment above in section '"in Berossus' ''Babylonika'' Fragment"
</ref> was the tallest brick building ever constructed in recorded history; which according to [[Josephus]] was initiated by [[Nimrod]].<ref>Josephus, ''Antiquities of the Jews'', 1.4.2</ref>  Built in the [[ziggurat]] style it was later repurposed to be the Temple of Bel [[Marduk]], the father of the gods in [[Babylon]].  Multiple religious persuasions teach that the tower was built by the descendants of [[Noah]] relatively shortly after the [[Great Flood|Flood]] as in {{bible ref|Genesis|11|1-9}}, so that its "top may reach unto heaven."
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</ref> was the tallest brick building ever constructed in recorded history; which according to [[Josephus]] was initiated by [[Nimrod]].<ref>Josephus, ''Antiquities of the Jews'', 1.4.2</ref>  Built in the [[ziggurat]] style, it was later repurposed to be the Temple of Bel [[Marduk]], the father of the gods in [[Babylon]].  Multiple religious persuasions teach that the tower was built by the descendants of [[Noah]] relatively shortly after the [[Great Flood|Flood]] as in {{bible ref|Genesis|11|1-9}}, so that its "top may reach unto heaven."
    
It is commonly asserted by adherents to both the [[Genesis|Biblical]] account and by adherents to the ancient [[pagan]] historians<ref>[[Berossus the Chaldean]]</ref>, that the ''Tower of Babel'' story provides an explanation to fundamental mysteries that [[atheistic]] science has been unable to solve, namely:
 
It is commonly asserted by adherents to both the [[Genesis|Biblical]] account and by adherents to the ancient [[pagan]] historians<ref>[[Berossus the Chaldean]]</ref>, that the ''Tower of Babel'' story provides an explanation to fundamental mysteries that [[atheistic]] science has been unable to solve, namely:
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