La Torre de Babel, Heródoto y los primeros viajeros europeos por tierras mesopotámicas

• Juan-Luis Montero Fenollós ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidade da Coruña

     Universidade da Coruña

     A Coruña, España

     
• Localización: Historiae, ISSN 1697-5456, Nº. 5, 2008, págs. 27-50
• Idioma: español
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  • Until the beginning of archaeological research in Babylon in 1899 the city was only known in Europe through the information provided by the Old Testament, classical geographers and historians (specially Herodotus), and the stories of many adventurers. In fact many western travellers, who for different reasons visited the Near East, sought the most important Mesopotamian city and its legendary tower, the Tower of Babel, using only the information provided by the Bible and classical sources.