Talk:Borsippa

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"There is some speculation that the biblical King Nimrod was, in fact, Nebo." I removed this statement. Though Mesopotamian kings might identify themselves as servants of a god, gods were personified as the "lord" or "lady" of cities.

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Wrong picture
The ziggurat on the picture is not the one in Borsippa, but the ziggurat in Dur-Kurigalzu: http://www.centroscavitorino.it/en/progetti/iraq/istituti-aqar-quf.html It's the same structure, only with some restorations on the ground.

Pictures of Borsippa you can see here: http://oi.uchicago.edu/gallery/asp_meso_borsippa/?kbw_ID=43020648 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.7.207.230 (talk) 13:38, 8 June 2012 (UTC)