ETEMENANKINUOVA IPOTESI DI RICOSTRUZIONE DELLO ZIGGURAT DI NABUCODONOSOR II NELLA CITTÁ DI BABILONIA
ISSN: 1575-3492
Year of publication: 2005
Issue: 8
Pages: 201-216
Type: Article
More publications in: Isimu: Revista sobre Oriente Próximo y Egipto en la antigüedad
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a new hypothesis of reconstruction of the Etemenanki, a ziggurat built by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylone, better known through the Biblical tradition as the Babel Tower. This hypothesis has as main contributions: a lesser height of the building (66 m instead of the usual 90 m), new accesses and the layout of the temple on the top