The tower of Babel refers to the ziggurat in Babylon where the Judahites were allegedly exiled after the Babylonians overran the country in 586 BC.
Called the Etemenanki today it looks like this and is in the middle of Iraq
![[Image: etemenanki.jpg?w=820]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=zuzulo.files.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F11%2Fetemenanki.jpg%3Fw%3D820)
which seriously undermines its value as a tourist attraction since the constant barrage of bombs going off tends to drive the tourists away.
As for Sodom and Gomorrah this is little more than an etiological legend designed to explain the existence of burned out cities in the midst of people living in a region.
Xtian scholars claim that the ruined town of Bab edh-Dhra in Jordan is "Sodom" and the nearby town of Numeira is "Gomorrah" but archaeologists dispute the dating.
![[Image: 220px-Bab_edh-Dhra_western_gate_view_to_NW.JPG]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=upload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F7%2F72%2FBab_edh-Dhra_western_gate_view_to_NW.JPG%2F220px-Bab_edh-Dhra_western_gate_view_to_NW.JPG)
Bab-edh-Drah
![[Image: Numeira,-possible-Gomorrah,-east-fortifi...places.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.bibleplaces.com%2Fimages12%2FNumeira%2C-possible-Gomorrah%2C-east-fortifications%2C-tb061604912-bibleplaces.jpg)
Numeira
Doesn't really look like a touristy place, eh?
Called the Etemenanki today it looks like this and is in the middle of Iraq
which seriously undermines its value as a tourist attraction since the constant barrage of bombs going off tends to drive the tourists away.
As for Sodom and Gomorrah this is little more than an etiological legend designed to explain the existence of burned out cities in the midst of people living in a region.
Xtian scholars claim that the ruined town of Bab edh-Dhra in Jordan is "Sodom" and the nearby town of Numeira is "Gomorrah" but archaeologists dispute the dating.
Bab-edh-Drah
Numeira
Doesn't really look like a touristy place, eh?
