@article{2017überlegungen author = {}, title = {Überlegungen zu den Ausgrabungen von Babylon}, journal = {Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft}, volume = {167}, number = {2}, year = {2017}, abstract = {The “Tower of Babel” and the history of the city was the topic of an inspiring colloquium held at Paris in 2008. The following article omments on three points: 1. the passage of Herodot mentioning the supposed river dividing the inner city in Achaemenid times; 2. the building phases of the “Palace of Nebukadrezzar”; 3. ideas on the ziqqurrat, the “Tower of Babel”.}, url = {https://doi.org/10.13173/zeitdeutmorggese.167.2.0289} doi = {10.13173/zeitdeutmorggese.167.2.0289} }