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Construction of the City and Tower of Babel


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From the 'Icones Biblicae', published by Merian in Frankfurt before 1630. Portrays the construction of the tower of Babel within an industrious landscape. The tower itself is covered in machinery and the foreground shows craftsmen and labourers.

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Ingenuity: Ingenuity, Ingenuity: Engin, Bible, Language, Machines, Invention, Labour

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The British Museum

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