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The Etemenanki, a massive ziggurat dedicated to the god Marduk, in ancient Babylon is often linked to the biblical Tower of Babel.

The original Hebrew word for the “Tower of Babel” is מִגְדַּל בָּבֶל (Migdál Bável). Bavel is Babylon in Roman language.

Thus shall Babylon sink, to rise no more, because of the disaster that I am bringing upon her, and they shall become exhausted.

Hypotheses

Jerusalem

In the Hebrew Bible, particularly in the book of Isaiah, Jerusalem is personified as a female figure

“From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me,” says the Lord

Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, and said: ‘With such violence the great city of Babylon will be thrown down, never to be found again.

Lebanon

City Tyre

Tyre was a major Phoenician city-state and played a crucial role in the spread of Phoenician culture and commerce across the Mediterranean.

Philo, of Byblos

The Phoenician history

The Phoenician cosmogony describes the universe’s origin from chaotic gas, leading to the birth of gods and the creation of the sun, moon, and stars.

Ignatius Donnelly

The Deluge of the Chaldeans

Cronos (Ea) appeared to him in his sleep, and announced that on the fifteenth of the month of Daisios all men should perish by a flood.

Islands & Coastlines

Islands mentioned in the Bible

I will send some of those who survive to the nations—to Tarshish, to the Libyans and Lydians to Tubal and Greece.

For the king’s ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Hiram. Once every three years the merchant ships came, bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and monkeys.

Biglino connects this discussion to the Biblical story of Jonah. Jonah, trying to flee from Yahweh’s command, boards a ship to Tarshish.

A shepherd’s staff, symbolizing leadership, much like how Plato described gods in “Critias” as rulers overseeing their people like shepherds with their flocks.

The Israelites again did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, that is, Yahweh, and Yahweh delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for 40 years.

Mauro Biglino

The Riddle of Samson

Yahweh was seeking a reason for conflict with the Philistines and did not hesitate to have one of his Nazirites break a significant commandment to achieve this.

When he had set the torches on fire, he let the foxes go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burned up both the shocks and the standing grain.

Mauro Bigloni

The Laws for Humans

Noahide laws, which, according to Jewish tradition, were given by God, known as Elohim, to Noah and his descendants. These laws are intended to apply to humans.

The Bible’s Genesis describes the “ruach” of the Elohim hovering over the waters.

Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore

Greek Myths

Mines

The Cyclopes, who were skilled smiths, are associated with mines. They forged Zeus’ thunderbolts, Poseidon’s trident, and Hades’ helmet of invisibility.

Egypt

Mount Sinai

Mount Sinai, also referred to as Horeb in some biblical texts, is traditionally identified in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.

Eastern Türkiye

Mount Ararat

And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.

Australia - 40,000 years ago

Wilgie Mia – Ancient ochre mine

Ancient ochre mine located in the Weld Range of Western Australia. It has been in continuous use for an estimated 27,000 to 40,000 years.

Mount Aratta is closely linked to the legendary city of Aratta in Sumerian mythology, representing a remote and wealthy land.

Iran and Iraq

Mount Zagros

A place where the orderly civilization of the plains meets the untamed wilderness of the mountains.

Mesopotamia

Mount Sabu

Mount Sabu is most closely associated with the god Ninurta, who is a warrior deity known for his role in battles against chaos and disorder.

Mesopotamia

Mount Mashu

Inside Mount Mashu, Gilgamesh traverses a long, dark tunnel, representing a passage through the unknown or the underworld.

Mesopotamia

Mount Ekur

Ekur was considered the divine dwelling place of Enlil, one of the chief deities in the Sumerian pantheon. Enlil was the god of air, wind, and storms.

A Dweller on Two Planets

Atlantis, Queen of the Wave

Poseid is the Queen of the Sea, and of the world, as all nations pay tribute to us in praise and commerce. To rule in Poseid is to rule over all the earth.

The vailx, powered by currents derived from the Night-Side of Nature, could reach speeds matching the earth’s diurnal rotation.