As part of the
narrative: As the floods are rising around the church
Archer sketches his ideas for how to depict variations on
the tower that is located opposite.
This picture shows depicts many types of
tower as The Tower of Babel by Pieter Brueghal is one
of my favourite pictures. As a parable it tells the story
of how a man once commissioned the building of a tower so
tall that he could look down on earth from the same position
as God.
As a result of this blasphemous ambition God
destroyed the tower and made all its builders speak unknown
languages so that they could not organise themselves to get
up to such mischief ever again.
Why "Ziggurats" as a title?
Ziggurats is a term given to pyramidal ancient monumental
buildings, such as in Egypt and South America.
Here are some links to more pictures of ziggurats.
