Some stories bring them both together in a cataclysmic collision, seen as a symbol of the confrontation between Good and Evil, or as a symbol of monotheism against polytheism. It remained a major city and a royal residence until the city was largely destroyed during the fall of the Assyrian Empire at the hands of an alliance of former subject peoples, including the Babylonians, Chaldeans, Medes, Persians, Scythians, and Cimmerians (between 616 BC and 599 BC). two men in. "[44] ISIL declared an intention to destroy the restored city gates in Nineveh. [56], Nimrud ivory plaque, with original gold leaf and paint, depicting a lion killing a human (British Museum), Ashurnasirpal II (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), Lamassu, Stelas, Statue, Relief Panels, including the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III (British Museum), Lamassu of Tiglath-pileser III (British Museum), Eagle-headed deity (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), Relief with Winged Genius (Walters Art Museum), Two Nimrud ivories made in Egypt (British Museum), Stela of Shamshi-Adad V, Height 195.2cm, Width 92.5cm, (British Museum), A human-headed and winged apkallu holding a pine cone and bucket for religious rituals (Museum of the Ancient Orient), The first publication of a Phoenician metal bowl, one of 16 metal bowls from Nimrud with a Phoenician inscription (see letters on top sketch of the side profile), This article is about the ancient city. When these mosquitoes came, theres so many hundreds, and hundreds, and hundreds of them all over the place the soldiers were running everywhere, and Nimrood is also running But what happened is, you know, the mosquito is under his nose, he sniffs, and the mosquito goes into his nostril and Allah makes that mosquito survive. Mujahid said, "The kings who ruled the eastern and western parts of the world are four, two believers and two disbelievers. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". Thousands of men worked to build an 8-kilometre-long (5mi) wall surrounding the city and a grand palace. "[31] This causes the king to exile him, and he leaves for the Levant. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". Then he rests for a little while, and he says again when a mosquito buzzes: Hit me! He hits him. These coats were handed down from father to son, and thus came into the possession of Noah, who took them with him into the ark, whence they were stolen by Ham. 13). Were going to take our arrows and were going to shoot Him straight in that sky, from where the revelation comes to Ibrahim!, And he got his whole army up and he said: Come on, you call yourself Allah, God? Every time it sucks blood, he whacks his own head, When he whacks his head, then the mosquito stops and he gets a little relief; when the mosquito gets hungry again and sacks blood, he whacks his head then now hes getting tired of whacking himself. [36], The "Treasure of Nimrud" unearthed in these excavations is a collection of 613 pieces of gold jewelry and precious stones. By the Arabs Nimrod is considered as the supreme example of the tyrant ("al-jabbar"). : , ibbr-ayi lipn Yahweh, lit. iii. It has survived the confusions and looting after the invasion of Iraq in 2003 in a bank vault, where it had been put away for 12years and was "rediscovered" on June 5, 2003.[37]. 1 The birth of a Great Prophet; 2 In search for the Truth; 3 Ibrahim invites his father to Islam; 4 Ibrahim confronts his people and rejects their idols; 5 The Miracle: Allah saves Ibrahim from the fire. 11 . heals. [35] Another storeroom held the Nimrud Bowls, about 120 large bronze bowls or plates, also imported. His ministers having told him that it would be difficult to accomplish such a journey, the heavens being very high, Nimrod conceived the idea of building a high tower, by means of which he might accomplish his purpose (comp. Those who identify Nimrod with Marduk, however, object that the name of Izdubar must be read, as is now generally conceded, "Gilgamesh," and that the signs which constitute the name of Marduk, who also is represented as a hunter, are read phonetically "Amar Ud"; and ideographically they may be read "Namr Ud"in Hebrew "Nimrod." of the people. Within 100 years of his death, the Muslim empire had expanded to a great degree, reaching as far east as what is now Iran and as far west as . According to Mas'udi ("Muruj al-Dhahab," ii. him: Turn back from your religion. Nimrod, also spelled Nemrod, legendary biblical figure of the book of Genesis. [54] The first major excavation works, launched in mid-October 2022 by an excavation team from the University of Pennsylvania, reported the discovery of a door sill slab with inscriptions in December. 71-72, Vienna, 1882. 42c; Num. According to one authority he was the son of Mash the son of Aram, and consequently a Semite; he built the Tower of Babel and also a bridge over the Euphrates, and reigned five hundred years over the Nabatans, his kinsmen. Then four large vultures, or, according to another source, four eagles, previously fed upon flesh, were attached to the stakes below the meat. These are mainly in the British Museum and the National Museum of Iraq, as well as other museums. Ibrahim told him that. Executive Committee of the Editorial Board. to him with numerous gifts and said: If you heal me, all these things here will be yours. He mourned and lamented the apostasy of Nimrod. When Nimrod saw Abraham come unharmed from the furnace, he said to him: "Thou hast a powerful God; I wish to offer Him hospitality." In Armenian legend, the ancestor of the Armenian people, Hayk, defeated Nimrod (sometimes equated with Bel) in a battle near Lake Van. He again handed him to some of his courtiers and said: Take him and carry him away in a small boat and when you They all agreed that it meant that a new baby was to be born who might challenge Nimrod's power. The dream was interpreted as forecasting Nimrod's defeat by Abraham, wherefore Nimrod sent secretly to kill Abraham; but the latter emigrated with his family to the land of Canaan. 68-69). A statue of Ashurnasirpal II was found in an excellent state of preservation, as were colossal winged man-headed lions weighing 10 short tons (9.1t) to 30 short tons (27t)[29] each guarding the palace entrance. the same story in connection with Titus in Gi. He (the boy) listened to his (the monk's) talk Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. Every relief that remained in situ, as well as the fallen, broken pieces that were distributed in the rooms across the site were photographed. Son of Cush and grandson of Ham; his name has become proverbial as that of a mighty hunter. A considerable interval must have taken place between the passage of the river Zab by the. For other uses, see, "Kalhu" redirects here. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Barbier de Meynard, i. 9) was due to the fact that he wore the coats of skin which God made for Adam and Eve (Gen. iii. Nimrod reigned where Bagdad is now situated, and at first he reigned with justice (see Nimrod in Rabbinical Literature); but Satan perverted him, and then he began to persecute all the worshipers of God. He said [to himself]: what shall I do? God said: "I made Nimrod great; but he built a tower in order that he might rebel against Me" (ul. He also said he would be revenged on God, if he should have a mind to drown the world again; for that he would build a tower too high for the waters to reach. and cut it until it fell apart. In 1988, the Iraqi Department of Antiquities discovered four queens' tombs at the site. Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. The Prophet Muhammad took down idols with his bare hands when he went into Mecca. The palaces of Ashurnasirpal II, Shalmaneser III, and Tiglath-Pileser III have been located. Citing examples of God's power, he asks: "Has He not, in past days, caused Abraham, in spite of His seeming helplessness, to triumph over the forces of Nimrod? First, the words in the sight means before as in. old, he said to the king: I have grown old, so send some young boy to me so that I may teach him magic. He (the king) sent a boy to him so that Nimrod is referred to in the Koran (xxi. The 10th-century Muslim historian Masudi recounts a legend making the Nimrod who built the tower to be the son of Mash, the son of Aram, son of Shem, adding that he reigned 500 years over the Nabateans. every morning from the. By clicking Accept, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. [Abraham] said to him: And shall we worship the human, who withstands the wind? And Nimrod was observing Esau all the days . The 16th-century Hungarian prelate Nicolaus Olahus claimed that Attila took for himself the title of Descendant of the Great Nimrod. I want to know how Nimrod (the tyrant king in the period of Abraham, peace be upon him) died? Lagarde, "Armenische Studien," in "Abhandlungen der Gttinger Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften," xxii. The people, however, thought that these feats were due to his extraordinary strength, so that they made him their king (Pire R. El. The former identification is based on the fact that Izdubar is represented in the Babylonian epos as a mighty hunter, always accompanied by four dogs, and as the founder of the first great kingdom in Asia. When Ibraaheem (Abraham) said (to him): My Lord (Allaah) He persuaded them not to ascribe it to God, as if it were through his means they were happy, but to believe that it was their own courage which procured that happiness. [18] Both the Huns' and Magyars' historically attested skill with the recurve bow and arrow are attributed to Nimrd. Whilst other interpretations exist, the obelisk is widely viewed by biblical archaeologists as therefore including the earliest known dedication of an Israelite. Nimrod Ruled With The Garments Which Elohim Made For Adam And His Woman Nimrod had the garments that Yehovah made for Adam and his woman; they had been handed down to him through Ham and made him strong. The association with Erech (Sumero-Akkadian Uruk), a city that lost its prime importance around 2000 BC as a result of struggles between Isin, Ur, Larsa and Elam, also attests the early provenance of the stories of Nimrod. The early and late people mentioned in Surah Al-Waaqiah, Chronological order of creating the heavens and the earth, Religions, Sects and Da'wah (Call to Islam), Jinaayaat (Criminology) and Islamic Judicial System, Islamic Politics and International Affairs, Medical Issues, Media, Culture and Means of Entertainment. Assyria. [2] The ruins of the city were found within one kilometre (1,100yd) of the modern-day Assyrian village of Noomanea in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. He also gradually changed the government into tyranny, seeing no other way of turning men from the fear of God, but to bring them into a constant dependence on his power. meaning): Have you not looked at him who disputed [22], In Jewish and Islamic traditions, a confrontation between Nimrod and Abraham is said to have taken place. [55], Following the liberation from Islamic State, the security of the ancient city is run by the ethnic Assyrian security force Nineveh Plain Protection Units. A mosquito entered the head of Nimrood, and he had his head hit with sticks and the like, and he was tortured with this mosquito for so long, and he died because of it.. The latter gave them to his son Cush, who in turn gave them to Nimrod, and when the animals saw the latter clad in them, they crouched before him so that he had no difficulty in catching them. After the catastrophic failure (through God's will) of that most ambitious endeavour and in the midst of the confusion of tongues, Nimrd the giant moved to the land of Evilt, where his wife, Enh gave birth to twin brothers Hunor and Magyar (aka Magor). Nimrod thought that. Ibraaheem is an innovated expression which is best avoided, because for the Prophets (peace be upon them) there is an expression which is used Nimrod himself was not hurt by the fall. 10; Micah v. 5 [A. V. 6]). [note 5], Sir Henry Rawlinson mentioned that the Arabic geographers referred to it as Athur. It does not store any personal data. Yer. So that mosquito is alive, and its somewhere inside his brain. Father and sons were, all three of them, prodigious hunters, but Nimrd especially is the archetypal, consummate, legendary hunter and archer. When Abraham was born, Shem was 390 years Old, and his father Noah was 892 years old. You know, when a mosquito bites you, you just go like smacking. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. [25] Ibrahim refutes him by stating that Allah brings the Sun up from the East, and so he asks the king to bring it from the West. In late Second Temple writings, Nimrod is connected to the Tower of Babel and seen as a rebel against God. God even gave Nimrod a mighty bow to hunt them down with. 19, no. In still other versions, Nimrod does not give up after the Tower fails, but goes on to try storming Heaven in person, in a chariot driven by birds. Abraham was 58 years old when Noah died. See Gen. x. Hormuzd Rassam and Robert William Rogers, Asshur and the land of Nimrod, Curts & Jennings, 1897, The Conquest of Assyria, Mogens Trolle Larsen, 2014, Routledge, page 217, quote: "Rawlinson explained to his audience that the large Assyrian ruin mounds could now be given their proper names: Nimrud was Calah", George Smith, Assyrian Discoveries: An Account of Explorations and Discoveries on the Site of Nineveh During 1873 to 1874, Schribner, 1875, M. E. L. Mallowan, "The Excavations at Nimrud. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. the mountain). The text also said: "Many of the captives I have taken and burned in a fire. xxiv. He orders the execution of one while freeing the other one. A number of other artifacts considered important to Biblical history were excavated from the site, such as the Nimrud Tablet K.3751 and the Nimrud Slab. pseudo-Jonathan to Gen. xiv. Yet it appears likely that the ancient Calah, or Halah, which was probably the capital of the district of Calachene, must have been nearer to the Kurdish Mountains. 8). i.] The angel called him to believe a second time, and he refused again; then a third time, and still . Stand next to me with this club You know, if you have a mosquito, and youre trying to sleep, whats the sound of the mosquito? Other reports describe him as a self-absorbed tyrant, plagued by his bitterness over the flood and God's judgment. After the flood, Noah's sons and their wives and offspring repopulated the earth. "[31] Abraham says, "My Lord is He Who gives life and causes death." Lack of proper protective roofing meant that the ancient reliefs at the site were susceptible to erosion from wind-blown sand and strong seasonal rains. According to another tradition, Nimrod challenged Abraham, when the latter came out of the furnace, to fight with him. Gen. xiv. The Turks generally believe this to have been Nimrod's own city; and one or two of the better informed with whom I conversed at Mousul said it was Al Athur or Ashur, from which the whole country was denominated. ; 6 Ibrahim debates the Babylonian king, Nimrod; 7 Allah blesses Ibrahim with a son to become a prophet; 8 Young Ismail and his mother alone in the desert of Makkah; 9 Zamzam to Gen. x. Nimrod was the great-grandson of Noah. [40] In February 2015, ISIL destroyed Akkadian monuments in the Mosul Museum, and on March 5, 2015, Iraq announced that ISIL militants had bulldozed Nimrud and its archaeological site on the basis that they were blasphemous. [6] Reconstruction work is in progress. Some rabbinic commentators have also connected the name Nimrod with a Hebrew word meaning 'rebel'. Said [Nimrod] to him: You pile words upon words, I bow to none but the firein it shall I throw you, and let the God to whom you bow come and save you from it! In 1847 Layard brought two of the colossi weighing 9 tonnes (10 short tons) each including one lion and one bull to London. 9a et seq., Leghorn, 1870). ; comp. There was a historical Assyrian queen Shammuramat in the 9th century BC, in reality the wife of Shamshi-Adad V, whom Assyriologists have identified with Semiramis, while others make her a later namesake of a much earlier (again, historically unattested) Semiramis. St. Ephraim, himself a learned Syrian and well acquainted with the history and geography of the East, considers Calah to be the modern Hatareh, a large town inhabited chiefly by Yezidees, and situated N.N.W. [12] Versions of this story are again picked up in later works such as Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius (7th century AD). Plans for reconstruction and tourism are in the works but will likely not be implemented within the next decade. 1. He said: My Lord and your Lord is Allaah; so he (the king) took hold of him and tortured him until he revealed the identity of the boy. According to Islam Nimrod (Namrud) was tyrant and cruel ruler who was against abraham (Ibrahim) 1. marquecz 6 yr. ago. : . A notable example is "Quando el Rey Nimrod" ("When King Nimrod"), one of the most well-known folksongs in Ladino (the Judeo-Spanish language), apparently written during the reign of King Alfonso X of Castile. 1; Gen. R. xlii. [Abraham] said to him: If so, shall I worship the cloud, which carries the water? This stands six-and-a-half-feet tall and commemorates with inscriptions and 24 relief panels the king's victorious campaigns of 859824BC. The tower is called by the Rabbis "the house of Nimrod," and is considered as a house of idolatry which the owners abandoned in time of peace; consequently Jews may make use of it ('Ab. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. [2] [4] Abraham plays a prominent role as an example of faith in Judaism . When you read the verse, you the idea that he was someone who was in God's favor. : , , ? Alexander's ascent into the air; Yer. Layard discovered more than half a dozen pairs of colossal guardian figures guarding palace entrances and doorways. 12, where Resen is represented as occupying a midway position between Calah and Nineveh. There it is said that Nimrod "dreamed a dream" which his soothsayers interpreted as signifying the birth of a new star in heaven. [40], Julian Jaynes also indicates Tukulti-Ninurta I (a powerful king of the Middle Assyrian Empire) as the inspiration for Nimrod. Like Semiramis, many pseudepigraphal and historical writings describe Nimrod as a renowned warrior, leader, and builder. The Joint Operations Command stated that it had raised the Iraqi flag above its buildings and also captured the Assyrian village of Numaniya, on the edge of the town. 279). As he was the first hunter he was consequently the first who introduced the eating of meat by man. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. After the builders of the tower were dispersed Nimrod remained in Shinar, where he reestablished his kingdom. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. He was the grandson of Ham, the son of Noah, a bold man, and of great strength of hand. There is no story about him and any child The king said to him: Who restored your eyesight? In the Torah, Abraham's birthplace is called Ever-haNahar ("Beyond the River"). [11] Several Mesopotamian ruins were given Nimrod's name by 8th-century AD Muslim Arabs, including the ruins of the Assyrian city of Kalhu (the biblical Calah), which was in reality built by Shalmaneser I (12741244 BC)[6], A number of attempts to connect him with historical figures have been made without any success. He said to them: Take him to such and such a only for them, namely al-salaatu wal-salaamu alayhim (blessings and peace be upon them). [55] However, it is in fact Daffy Duck who refers to Fudd as "my little Nimrod" in the 1948 short "What Makes Daffy Duck",[56] although Bugs Bunny does refer to Yosemite Sam as "the little Nimrod" in the 1951 short "Rabbit Every Monday". 120, 136 et seq., 148-150, Paris, 1867. However, Abraham's mother escapes into the fields and gives birth secretly. Mas'udi, Muruj al-Dhahab, ed. [27] Nimrod is also mentioned in one of the earliest writings of the Bb (the herald of the Bah Faith). 96; iii. . Other versions have Nimrod give to Abraham, as a conciliatory gift, the giant slave Eliezer, whom some accounts describe as Nimrod's own son (the Bible also mentions Eliezer as Abraham's majordomo, though not making any connection between him and Nimrod). A renovation program started in July 2017 with the support of UNESCO. The usage is often said to have been popularized by the Looney Tunes cartoon character Bugs Bunny sarcastically referring to the hunter Elmer Fudd as "nimrod"[53][54] to highlight the difference between "mighty hunter" and "poor little Nimrod", i.e. [18][19], After George Smith briefly worked the site in 1873 and Rassam returned there from 1877 to 1879, Nimrud was left untouched for almost 60years. When Nimrod was informed that Abraham had come forth from the furnace uninjured, he remitted his persecution of the worshiper of Yhwh; but on the following night he saw in a dream a man coming out of the furnace and advancing toward him with a drawn sword. More recently, Yigal Levin (2002) suggests that the fictional Nimrod was a recollection of Sargon of Akkad and also of his grandson Naram-Sin, with the name "Nimrod" derived from the latter. The Nimrod Fortress (Qal'at Namrud in Arabic) on the Golan Heights[21] - actually built during the Crusades by Al-Aziz Uthman, the younger son of Saladin - was anachronistically attributed to Nimrod by later inhabitants of the area. He threw that stone at it and killed it and the people were able to pass freely. Were firstborns of Egyptians killed on night of Exodus? [1] Ainsworth, like Rich, identified the site with Larissa () of Xenophon's Anabasis, concluding that Nimrud was the Biblical Resen on the basis of Bochart's identification of Larissa with Resen on etymological grounds. It is said that tempests of wind sent by God against the Tower of Babel overthrew it, and that Nimrod perished in its ruins. When informed of Abraham's birth he requested Terah to sell him the new-born child in order that he might kill it (see Jew. The son of Cush and therefore a great-grandson of Noah, Nimrod was described as a king in the land of Shinar (Mesopotamia). In David Rohl's theory, Enmerkar, the Sumerian founder of Uruk, was the original inspiration for Nimrod, because the story of Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta[47] bears a few similarities to the legend of Nimrod and the Tower of Babel, and because the -KAR in Enmerkar means "hunter". Tiglath-Pileser III in particular, conducted major building works in the city, as well as introducing Eastern Aramaic as the lingua franca of the empire, whose dialects still endure among the Christian Assyrians of the region today. Then the courtier of the king was brought and it was said to him: Turn back from your religion, but he refused to He was the man choosen by GOD to eliminate the remnant of the giants that survived the flood. Other than the Lee letter and the Tressell novel, the first recorded use of "nimrod" in this meaning was in 1932. His "kingdom" comprised Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Sinar, otherwise known as the land of Nimrod (Gen. x. So the mosquito is buzzing inside his head and hes going mad. Nimrod said that he too. It was built of burnt brick, cemented together with mortar, made of bitumen, that it might not be liable to admit water. So this tyrant challenged God Al Jabbar! [33], Although Nimrod's name is not specifically stated in the Quran, Islamic scholars hold that the "king" mentioned was him. Joseph Poplicha wrote in 1929 about the identification of Nimrod in the first dynasty or Uruk.[50]. How did Nimrod of Babylon die? Nimrod was considered a mighty ruler. "Out of that land went forth Ashur and builded Nineveh," &c.; or, as it has been rendered, "Out of that land he went forth into Ashur,"i.e. Nimrod called together his magicians and astrologers. As for the two believing kings, they were Sulayman bin Dawud and Dhul-Qarnayn. [44] He also claimed that the Catholic Church was a millennia-old secret conspiracy, founded by Semiramis and Nimrod to propagate the pagan religion of ancient Babylon. Nimrood died because of a mosquito that entered into his nostrils and reached his brain, and this caused him to start hitting his head for a long time until he died. On his way to the sorcerer he (the boy) met a monk and sat with him. Later influence modified the legend in the Mesopotamian tradition, adding such details as the hero's name, his territory and some of his deeds, and most important his title, "King of Kish". 38, no. No one but they gained power over it. could do that. This event is alluded to in the Koran (xiv. [17] Following Layard's departure, the work was handed over to Hormuzd Rassam in 1853-54 and then William Loftus in 185455. ", "Surat Al-Baqarah [2:258] - The Noble Qur'an - ", "Ibn Kathir: Story of Prophet Ibrahim/Abraham (pbuh)", "Sammu-Ramat and Semiramis: The Inspiration and the Myth", "Enmerkar and the lord of Aratta: translation", Nimrod, Mighty Hunter and King - Who Was He? Four hundred years later an angel in the form of a man appeared to him and exhorted him to repent, but Nimrod declared that he himself was sole ruler and challenged God to fight with him. [24], In some versions, such as Flavius Josephus, Nimrod is a man who sets his will against that of God. The king is then perplexed and angered. So he tells his soldier: Hit me! and he hits him. The Syriac Cave of Treasures (c. 350) contains an account of Nimrod very similar to that in the Kitab al-Magall, except that Nisibis, Edessa and Harran are said to be built by Nimrod when Reu was 50, and that he began his reign as the first king when Reu was 130. And On the contrary, when a young man he used to sacrifice to Yhwh the animals which he caught while hunting ("Sefer ha-Yashar," section "Noa," pp. pseudo-Jonathan to Gen. xxv. 126-128, 134-144; abari, Chroniques, French transl. 26, no. The first phase included conducting studies of the damage caused to the site, assembling an Iraqi maintenance and rehabilitation team, preservation and archiving of the city's cultural heritage in co-operation with the American Smithsonian Institution. Gen. x. The king said to him: What has happened to your companions? [Strabo, lib. The Assyrian king Shalmaneser I (12741245 BC) built up Kalhu (Nimrod) into a major city during the Middle Assyrian Empire (13651050 BC), rather than the fictional biblical king Nimrod. He (the boy) placed his hands upon the temple where the arrow had hit him and he died. Later, the book describes how Nimrod established fire worship and idolatry, then received instruction in divination for three years from Bouniter, the fourth son of Noah.[16]. However, in 706BC Sargon II (722705 BC) moved the capital of the empire to Dur Sharrukin, and after his death, Sennacherib (705681 BC) moved it to Nineveh. Then he took an arrow from his quiver, placed the arrow in the bow and then said: In the name of Allaah, the Lord of the boy; he then The nickname 'Nimrod' was used mockingly in the 1914 novel by Robert Tressell in The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. by Rehatsek, part i. vol. Later, Esau (grandson of Abraham), ambushed, beheaded, and robbed Nimrod. The sarcastic moniker was used towards the foreman (named Hunter) of a gang of workmen as a play both on his surname and on his supposed religious beliefs and sense of self-importance. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. The Babylonian Talmud (Gittin 56b) attributes Titus's death to an insect that flew into his nose and picked at his brain for seven years in a repetition of another legend referring to the biblical King Nimrod. 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