ziggurat

     

A ziggurat (Akkaian ziqqurrat, D-stem of zaqāru "to build on a raised area") was a temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley and Iran, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories or levels. Some modern buildings with a step pyramid shape have also been termed ziggurats.

Trivia about ziggurat

  • From the Assyrian for "summit", it's a terraced pyramid of the ancient Babylonians
  • A terraced pyramid of the ancient Babylonians
  • From the Assyrian for "height", this stepped structure was used as a temple by Mesopotamian cultures
  • Though built over 4,000 years ago, much of this great terraced, pyramid-shaped temple tower still exists
  • This Babylonian temple tower
  • Ur is dominated by one of these stepped, pyramidal temple towers dating from the 3rd millennium B.C.

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