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{{Short description|Ziggurat in ancient Babylon}}
▲[[File:Розкопки Етемананки.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of the remains of Etemenanki]]'''Etemenanki''' ([[Sumerian language|Sumerian]]: {{cuneiform|sux|[[É (temple)|𒂍]]𒋼𒀭𒆠}} {{transl|sux|É.TEMEN.AN.KI}} "temple of the foundation of heaven and earth") was a [[ziggurat]] dedicated to the [[Mesopotamia]]n god [[Marduk]] in the ancient city of [[Babylon]]. It now exists only in ruins, located about {{convert|90|km|mi}} south of [[Baghdad|Baghdad, Iraq]].
[[File:Розкопки Етемананки.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of the remains of Etemenanki]]
Although Etemenanki has sometimes erroneously been identified with the [[Tower of Babel]] from Genesis 11 in the [[Bible]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Understanding the Bible |first=Stephen L. |last=Harris |author-link=Stephen L. Harris |publisher=[[McGraw-Hill]] |year=2002 |pages=50–51 |isbn=9780767429160 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Die Stadt, an deren Freuden man nicht satt wird |first=Michael P. |last=Streck |work=[[Damals]] |volume=Special volume |year=2006 |pages=11–28 |language=de}}</ref> the archaeological record is incompatible with the biblical account of the Tower of Babel, particularly because Etemenanki was built in tribute to the god [[Marduk]] and because the existence of many languages in the region predates its reconstruction. However, many scholars believe that the biblical story was at least partly inspired by Etemenanki.
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