22 Fascinating Details You Probably Never Noticed On Bruegel’s ’The Tower of Babel’

11. A raft.

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12. A discharge of ships.

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The distant view

13. Houses and vegetable gardens.

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14. Cows in the meadow and travelers who are heading towards the town.

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The tower

15. The tower is being built for so long that there are people living on the construction site: some of them are taking care of their flower gardens, some are putting linen out to dry, and some are cooking lunch over the fire.

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16. One floor up we can see just about the same thing.

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17. The workers.

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18. More workers.

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The foreground

19. The masons.

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20. The heavy lifters.

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21. Nimrod — a biblical king who ordered the Tower of Babel to be built.

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22. The workers.

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