The building of Babel. According to the myth, following the Great Flood, humanity agree to build a tower tall enough to reach heaven, God, seeing their city and tower confounded their speech so that they could no longer understand each other, and scattered them around the world. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888.

The building of Babel.  According to the myth, following the Great Flood, humanity agree to build a tower tall enough to reach heaven, God, seeing their city and tower confounded their speech so that they could no longer understand each other, and scattered them around the world. From Cassell's Universal History, published 1888. Stock Photo
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3891 x 5357 px | 32.9 x 45.4 cm | 13 x 17.9 inches | 300dpi

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1 January 1888

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