Free Broken Symmetries: Age of Illuminati by H Ormziar Page B

described the Ancient Wonder in their books. However, ever since the river drought, the actual location of the Hanging Gardens was confused with other locations in ancient Babylon until recent academics found evidence under the mound of the Citadel along with ancient paintings which were transferred to museums.
    On the citadel, the younger Hast had seen a big tablet on the wall representing the glorious dispute between Nimrod and Abraham. Nimrod in the painting had a head of human, a body of a lion and wings of an eagle, a common depiction for ancient gods. In the picture, a group of people bowed to Nimrod, and among the group, a rebellious citizen who would later be known as Abraham, stands still, refusing to bow to the almighty creature.
    Nimrod was one of the most known Human-Gods of the ancient world. He ruled the land of Babylon and the northern part of the ancient Mesopotamia. Nimrod was actually a nickname; it meant ‘Immortal’ in the language of the people who lived in this time. Even today, Kurds in this region put a similarly pronounced term ‘Namrdu’ after the names of their martyrs to describe them as immortals.
    Anyway, Nimrod’s real name was Zuhak but people called him Nimrod because his rule lasted 200 years according to the legends. This had re-enforced the belief that he was a god. Ancient people thought he was immortal and they used to make human sacrifices for him. Their anthem was ‘no life without sacrifice’ and their flag was two strips. The upper strip was colored red to denote ‘sacrifice’ and the lower strip was colored green to denote ‘life’.
          The reason why people volunteered to sacrifice for their Human-Gods was to keep the civilization from falling apart. Kings like Nimrod who declared himself a god needed devout followers to fight for him and to keep his empire expanding and sustainable. The ancient proverb says: ‘Ask for more to get the least.’ If you convince people to sacrifice for you in peace, they will definitely sacrifice for you in war. Human-Gods who ruled the ancient world knew this trick, and the unity of large empires and civilizations would not survive without devout followers ready to sacrifice for their king. Sacrifices and pure devotion to a higher power made the ancient empires work like a single unit where the king was the head and people were the body.
    According to the legend, one day Nimrod met a winged person, and he thought it was an archangel from another star. The archangel called himself ‘Son of the Morning’, and he urged Nimrod to ask the people of his kingdom to gather and bow to him at least once every day saying to Nimrod that it was the time for him to transcend and follow the path of the other great gods on the other stars.
    The next day, people were urged to gather in front of the gate of Babylon tower to pledge their allegiance to Nimrod and bow to him. People were facing their king who was sitting on highly placed, massively decorated, golden throne. The more inferior they felt toward Nimrod, the more superior and godly Nimrod felt of himself. His minister, Haran, stood before Nimrod, and he was the first to bow in front of him. The people in the first row began to bow for Nimrod after him then the next row and so on, showing their ultimate obedience.
    Seeing the huge crowd bowing in front of him and showing their submission had a thrilling effect on Nimrod. He felt he was transcending, he opened both his arms and faced upward toward the sky feeling his ultimate power over the other earthly creatures, the humans. He was the immortal who controlled the life and death of humans. He controlled their feelings, their happiness, their sadness, and a single word from his majesty was enough to get anything done in his kingdom. Now it was the time for his kingdom to expand to heaven and for his body to transcend to its immortal god mode.
    Nimrod closed his eyes waiting for the miracle to happen, the miracle promised to him by the