Ziggurat

Connected Sites: 5

WHS containing the remains of an archaeological structure commonly described as a "Ziggurat" - "massive structures built in the ancient Mesopotamian valley and western Iranian Plateau, having the form of a terraced step pyramid of successively receding stories or levels" (Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggurat)

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Connected Sites

Ahwar of Southern Iraq
Inscribed: 2016
2.98
28
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Each Of The 3 Ruined Cities Contains Remains Of Ziggurats. Tel Eridu: " Eighteen Superimposed Mudbrick Temples At The Site Underlie The Unfinished Ziggurat Of Amar-Sin(C. 2047 – 2039 Bc)." (Wiki) Uruk: "The Anu District Consists Of A Single Massive Terrace, The Anu Ziggurat,Dedicated To The Sumerian Sky God, An" (Wiki). Ur: See Link
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Tchogha Zanbil
Inscribed: 1979
3.39
39
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Ashur
Ashur
Iraq
Inscribed: 2003
2.86
20
2
"The Major Features Of The City Which Are Presently Visible On-Site Consist Of Architectural Remains (Some Of Them Partly Restored): The Ziggurat And The Great Temple Of The God Ashur, The Double-Temple Of Anu And Adad (With The Remains Of Two Smaller Ziggurats)" (Ab Eval)
Babylon
Inscribed: 2019
3.13
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Etemenanki Ziggurat (Now In Ruins)
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Dilmun Burial Mounds
Inscribed: 2019
2.11
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Tombs: The Majority Of The Tombs Were Constructed As Single-Storeyed Small Cylindrical Towers While Some Of The Bigger Two-Storeyed Examples Were Built In A Ziggurat-Like Shape (Ouv)