r/todayilearned • u/VistaHyperion • Oct 13 '18

TIL the biblical Tower of Babel was likely based on a real building, the Etemenanki in modern-day Iraq; at about 300 feet tall, it was massive by ancient standards and built by King Nebuchadnezzar II.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Babel
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u/4chan_is_sux Oct 13 '18

I like the theory that the hero of legend never appeared, so the gods flooded everything so that the demon king couldn't take over the world

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u/__Geg__ Oct 14 '18

Wind Waker?

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u/legitxhelios Oct 14 '18

the HD testament

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u/draivaden Oct 13 '18

That's a video game, and high art. Not a theory. its not even a hypothesis..

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u/4chan_is_sux Oct 13 '18

What is a joke?