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219 Figure 72 ogists excavating in behalf of the Vatican at Tell Ghassul across the Jordan River from Jericho, bring to mind the Char- iot that Ezekiel described (Fig. 72). In his instructions for building the original ziggurat-temple in Babylon, the E.SAG.IL ("House of the Great God"), Mar- duk specified the requirements for the skychamber: Construct the Gateway of the Gods... Let its brickwork be fashioned. Its Shem shall be in the designated place. In time, because of the deterioration that afflicted all these stage-towers that were built of clay bricks as well as as a result of deliberate destruction by enemy attackers, temples required restoring and rebuilding. One instance concerning the Esagil, reported in the annals of the Assyrian king Esar- haddon (680-669 B.C.) contains several other key elements of the royal dreams recorded in the Bible in regard to the Temple in Jerusalem. These recurring elements include the Wisdom granted to Solomon, the architectural instructions, and the need for artisans to be divinely inspired or trained so as to understand these instructions. Esarhaddon, here seen on his stela on which the twelve members of the Solar System are depicted by their symbols (Fig. 73), reversed previous Assyrian policy of confrontation and war with Babylon and saw no harm in revering Marduk Royal Dreams, Fateful Oracles