Babylonian Architecture

Brought to light by the researches of Layard and Rawlinson. It strongly resembles A yrian in the plans and purposes of the buildings. The main difference is that no stone was used in these, which are entirely of clay, either sun-dried or burned in kilns, and for decorative purposes enameled with colored glazes. The principal buildings of which the ruins have been found and explored are the Kasr, built of brick, bearing the stamp of Nebuchadnezzar, ab. 600 B.C., on an artificial mound on the e. bank of the Euphrates; and the Birs Nimroud, a pyramid in six receding stories or terraces, averaging nearly 20 ft. in height, and in plan a square of some 280 ft. at the base; supposed to have been the chief temple of Chaldean worship. Babylonian Captivity (SO-CALLED) OF THE CHURCH, 1305-1377, when Rome was deprived of her Pontiff, the Popes residing at Avignon.