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EPISODE · Feb 6, 2026 · 20 MIN

The Tower of Babel: Did it Really Exist or is it a Myth?

from Martin Tanner's Religion Today · host Martin Tanner

Martin Tanner provides references to the sources supporting the authenticity of the Tower of Babel account in Genesis 11:1-9, from the Book of Jubilees, the Historian Flavius Josephus, and the Sibylline Books of ancient Rome. The location of the actual ruins of the Tower of Babel, which was named "Etemenanki" when it was built, have been found, 56 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq. It was a Ziggurat, or stepped pyramid built between 3,500 and 3,000 BC, approximately 650 feet tall, was the tallest man made structure until the Eiffel Tower was built. Hear all of the details in this episode of Religion Today.

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