According to the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, when he visited the city of Babylon, the Tower of Babel was built on a huge platform. These platforms have eight floors, and the Marduk Temple is built on the top platform. The higher, the smaller. The wall is about 90 meters long and the tower is about 90 meters high. At the end of 19, archaeologist Ke Dewei proved that the side length of the tower foundation is about 96 meters, and the total height of the tower and the temple is about 100 meters. There is no big difference between them. As the tallest building in Babylon at that time, "Babel" can be seen anywhere in China, and it is called "Babel". Because of its height, some people call it the place where the gods set foot on their way to the mortal residence, and it is Tianlu's "post station" or "hotel". The bible? The Old Testament recorded the Tower of Babel: After the flood, all the people in the world used the same language and spoke the same accent. Noah's descendants are all over the world, and there are more and more, so they moved eastward. They met a plain in cinar (near Babylon, Cuba), so they built a city there and settled down. Because it was difficult to get stone for building in the past, they discussed with each other and said, "Come on, burn the bricks thoroughly, and let's make them.". So they use bricks as stones and stone paint as mortar. They also said, "Come, let's build a tower and a city, the top of which will reach the sky, so that we can proclaim our name, lest we all be scattered on the earth. "With the concerted efforts of Qi Xin, the Babylonian city built by people who use the same language is prosperous and beautiful, with towering towers, trying to compete with the weather. Unexpectedly! God is shocked by this, angry with human vanity and arrogance, and can't tolerate human offending his dignity. Thought: Look! Now they have become the same people, saying the same thing, and now they are doing it again. We must find a way to stop them, otherwise they will be unable to do anything in the future. I have to confuse their accents to make it difficult for them to understand each other. Therefore, God decided to punish those arrogant people who ate the forbidden fruit like Adam and Eve. He quietly confused human languages, left the kingdom of heaven, came to the world, and scattered them everywhere, so the name of this city is Babel, which means "chaos". According to the Bible, Babel is famous, but more people think it is a religious building dedicated to the Holy Spirit. Archaeologists and historians believe that there are two other uses. One is that Nebuchadnezzar II used the image of God to show off in order to live forever. The second is to please the monk group to stabilize the country and win their support. " Babel is regarded as an observatory by some people. At the bottom of the tower is a sacrificial temple, and at the top is a military observation post. Therefore, some scholars believe that the Tower of Babel is multifunctional. In people's eyes, the former Babel is not inferior to the hanging garden, which is listed as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. It is regarded as a symbol of the heyday of Mesopotamia 5000 years ago. What is the reason why it is not included in the world miracle? It was explained that when the first list of wonders of the world appeared, the Tower of Babel no longer existed, leaving only a huge cave on the ground. As time went on, the cave was slowly filled. No one knows whether the Tower of Babel will soar into the sky like its name. It left us a mysterious story, but the legend is a legend after all.