Mythology and Folklore UN-Textbook
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Pieter Bruegel the Elder's Tower of Babel
From
Google Art Project and Khan Academy
: A short video introduction to
Pieter Bruegel the Elder's Tower of Babel
:
You can learn more about this famous painting at
Wikipedia
, and you can read the Biblical account here at the UnTextbook:
Tower of Babel
. There are also
Jewish legends about the Tower
collected by Louis Ginzberg.
Here is
Bruegel's painting
:
And here are some
details
showing the city in the background, the workers, and King Nimrod:
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