Tower of Babel (disambiguation)
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The Tower of Babel
Tower of Babel
The Tower of Babel , according to the Book of Genesis, was an enormous tower built in the plain of Shinar .According to the biblical account, a united humanity of the generations following the Great Flood, speaking a single language and migrating from the east, came to the land of Shinar, where...

in the Old Testament was a tower built by a united humanity to reach the heavens.

Tower of Babel may also refer to:

In artwork

  • The Tower of Babel (Brueghel)
    The Tower of Babel (Brueghel)
    The Tower of Babel is the subject of three oil paintings by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The first, a miniature painted on ivory, was painted while Bruegel was in Rome and is now lost...

    , painting by Pieter Brueghel the Elder
  • The Tower of Babel (M. C. Escher)
    Tower of Babel (M. C. Escher)
    Tower of Babel is a 1928 woodcut by M. C. Escher. It depicts the Babylonians attempting to build a tower to reach God, a story that is recounted in Genesis 11:9. God frustrated their attempts by creating a confusion of languages so the builders could no longer understand each other and the work...

    , woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher

In gaming

  • The "Tower of Babel", the last level in episode two of the id Software game, Doom
  • The Tower of Babel is a location in the RPG Final Fantasy IV
    Final Fantasy IV
    is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square in 1991 as a part of the Final Fantasy series. The game was originally released for the Super Famicom in Japan and has since then been rereleased for many other platforms with varying modifications. An enhanced remake with 3D graphics...

    , specifically the Game Boy Advance version, as the location was translated as either the Tower of Babil or the Tower of Bab-Il in prior versions
  • In Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
    Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
    Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine is a multi-platform action-adventure video game by LucasArts released in late 1999. The first 3D installment in the series, its gameplay focuses on solving puzzles, fighting enemies, and various platforming sections...

    (computer game) by LucasArts, the Tower of Babel was a temple to the god Marduk, who ordered them to build a great Machine within the Tower
  • The Tower of Babel is a main location in Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
    Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
    Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is an action-adventure computer and video game developed and published by Ubisoft Montreal. It was released in December, 2005 in North America for the Xbox, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, and the Nintendo GameCube...

  • The Tower of Babel in Shin Megami Tensei
    Shin Megami Tensei
    is a console role-playing video game from Atlus that was originally released on October 30, 1992 and later on several platforms, although no installment was released outside of Japan. It was originally released on the Super Famicom and was later ported to the PC Engine Super CD-Rom and Mega-CD...

  • The Tower of Babel is a location in the Super Nintendo game Illusion of Gaia
    Illusion of Gaia
    , known in Europe as Illusion of Time, is an action role-playing game that was released on September 1, 1994, for the Super NES . It was developed by Quintet. Enix published the game in Japan, and Nintendo published it worldwide...

  • Tower of Babel (board game), board game by Reiner Knizia
  • Tower Of Babel (computer game), computer game for the Amiga, Atari ST and Acorn Archimedes
  • Tower of Babel (video game), a video game by Namco for the Famicom and the Sharp X68000
  • The Tower of Babel is a location in the PlayStation RPG Xenogears
    Xenogears
    is a science-fiction console role-playing game developed and published by Square for Sony's PlayStation. It was released on February 11, 1998 in Japan and on October 20, 1998 in North America. The game was never released in PAL territories...

    .

In literature

  • JLA: Tower of Babel
    JLA: Tower of Babel
    "Tower of Babel" is a 2000 comic book storyline that ran in the DC Comics monthly series JLA #43-46. It was written by Mark Waid.-Summary:...

    , a Justice League of America story arc
  • Tower of Babel (play), a comedic play by Olaf Bull
    Olaf Bull
    Olaf Jacob Martin Luther Breda Bull or Olaf Bull was a Norwegian poet. He was born on November 10, 1883 in Kristiania , Norway, and died on June 29, 1933.-His life:...

  • Tower of Babylon
    Tower of Babylon (story)
    Tower of Babylon is a science fiction novelette published in 1990 by Ted Chiang. It won the 1991 Nebula Award for Best Novelette and was nominated for the 1991 Hugo Award for Best Novelette...

    , science fiction novelette by Ted Chiang
  • Tower of Babel: The Evidence Against the New Creationism, book by Robert T. Pennock

In music

  • "Tower of Babel", song often omitted from the musical Godspell
    Godspell
    Godspell is a musical by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak. It opened off Broadway on May 17, 1971, and has played in various touring companies and revivals many times since, including a 2011 revival now playing on Broadway...

  • "Tower of Babel", a song from Elton John's 1975 album, Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
    Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
    Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy is the ninth studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released in 1975. It debuted at number 1 on the U.S. Pop Albums chart, the first album ever to do so, and stayed there for seven weeks. It was certified Gold on 5/21/1975 and was...

  • Tower of Babel, a bootleg recording from the rock group Rainbow
    Rainbow (band)
    Rainbow were an English rock band, controlled by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore from 1975 to 1984 and 1994 to 1997. It was originally established with American rock band Elf's members, though over the years Rainbow went through many line-up changes with no two studio albums featuring the same line-up...


On television

  • "Tower Of Babel" (Dilbert episode), episode of the TV cartoon show Dilbert

In other fields

  • The Tower (Tarot card)
    The Tower (Tarot card)
    The Tower is the sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in most cartomancy Tarot decks. It is not used as part of any game.- History :...

    , which is sometimes called The Tower of Babel
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