The Origin of Freemasonry and Knights Templar ... - Lodge Prudentia

FREEMASONRY AND KNIGHTS TEMPLARthus causing them to disperse over the globe(Acts ii. i-n). The tower was apparently leftincomplete, but the foundation of the city wasprobably laid, and a portion no doubt of thebuilders continued to dwell there. The ,placebecame afterwards the celebrated city of Bayylon.It has been supposed that the Tower ofBABYLON.Babel was afterwards finished and called the Towerof Belus within the city of Babylon. Herodotusvisited this tower, and describes it as a square pyramid,measuring half a mile in circumference atthe base; from this rose eight towers, one aboveanother, gradually decreasing to the summit, whichwas reached by a broad road winding up aroundthe outside. This tower was used for astronomicalpurposes, but was chiefly devoted to the worshipof Bel, whose temple contained immense treasures,96