Greek Reporter7d
Greek Mythology’s Version of the Biblical Tower of Babel
The Tower of Babel has a surprising parallel in Greek mythology—Otus and Ephialtes’ daring attempt to reach Olympus.
Scientific American23d
The Ziggurat of Tchoga-Zanbil
Built by the Elamites of 3,000 years ago, it is the same kind of structure as the Tower of Babel In the desert of southwestern Iran stand the remains of a temple that was originally 165 feet high.
Project Babel: how Chinese scientists built the world’s first satellite that makes smartphone calls possible
"Tiantong" means "connecting with heaven" and it echoes the biblical story of the Tower of Babel. The first satellite of the Tiantong-1 series was launched on August 6, 2016, with the second and ...
CounterPunch26d
Babel: A Decolonial Novel For Our Neocolonial Times
In the universe of the novel, Babel’s tower of translation is dedicated to ... in an essay linking the past to our present, was built via the economic philosophy of mercantilism, which dominated ...