Bible breakthrough after material found on ancient brick linked Tower of Babel to Genesis

In 586 BC, in a bid for world supremacy, Nebuchadnezzar stormed Jerusalem which lay 500 miles to the west of Babylon.

His forces captured the city’s most highly-skilled and highly-educated citizens, and took them home.

Their plight, and how they may have come to build the tower, was explored during the Smithsonian Channel’s documentary, ‘Secrets Unlocked: Tower of Babel’.

Dr Irving Finkel of the British Museum, spoke during the documentary, and presented an original Babylonian brick held at the institution.

The documentary’s narrator noted: “It carries traces of an unusual construction material from the time: bitumen, an ancient tar, and mortar that’s specifically mentioned in the biblical tale.”

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Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1589957/bible-news-stunned-unusual-material-ancient-babylon-archaeology-spt