Family Fun Simply Gifted Expectant Fathers More Topics . . . The rest of the story in Genesis tells of a people who settled on the plains of Shinar, building from fired bricks a city where they could remain together and a tower that would reach to heaven. But when God came down to see the city and tower, He was displeased as this went against His design, which was for people to spread throughout the earth and propagate. So He confused their language so they couldn't understand each other, forcing them to separate and inhabit various areas of the earth. This is why the tower that the people had built in Shinar was called Babel, because it was there that God confounded the language of the earth.
Biblical archaeologists are in search of proof, and some claim to have found it.
It's easy enough to cast off these Biblical scenarios of God visiting earth and causing sweeping changes of one sort or another, but it's not so easy to accept them simply on faith. So let's take a look at the historical evidence that supports the existence of the legendary Tower of Babel. Archaeologists have uncovered the foundations of several such towers, called ziggurats, in the area of Babylon in southern Mesopotamia. It was a structure built to support a stairway to heaven so gods could travel from their realm to ours. The actual towers were approximately 300 feet high and had within them areas for the gods to enjoy refreshments, rest, and other amenities to make their trips easier.