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Baba Gurgur () (Kurdish: بابا گوڕگوڕ, Baba Gurgur) is a large oil field and gas flame is called Babagürgür near the city of Kirkuk which was the first to be discovered in Northern Iraq in 1927. 40 meters in diameter. Burning for 2,500 years. It was considered the largest oil field in the world until the discovery of the Ghawar field in Saudi Arabia in 1948. Baba Gurgur is 16 kilometres north-west of Arrapha and is famous for its Eternal Fire ((アラビア語:النار الازلية)) at the middle of its oil fields. ==Eternal Fire== Many believe the Eternal Fire to be the same ''fiery furnace'' in the Book of Daniel, chapter 3 in the Tanakh (Old Testament) into which King Nebuchadnezzar (c. 630–562 BC), King of Babylon, threw three Hebrews for refusing to worship his golden idol. It has a significant symbolic value for residents of Kirkuk. The burning flames are the result of an emission of natural gas through cracks in the Baba Gurgur area's rocks. It is believed that the heat of the eternal flames was used by shepherds to warm their flocks during winter.〔()〕 Women visit Baba Gurgur, asking to have a baby boy. This ancient practice probably goes back to the time of fire worshipping. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baba Gurgur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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