Ziggurat

Connected Sites: 5

Definition
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

  • Babylon
    Babylon
    Iraq
    Inscribed: 2019
    3.13
    29
    3
    Etemenanki ziggurat (now in ruins)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Ashur
    Ashur
    Iraq
    Inscribed: 2003
    2.86
    18
    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)
  • Tchogha Zanbil
    Tchogha Zanbil
    Iran
    Inscribed: 1979
    3.39
    32
    4

    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Dilmun Burial Mounds
    Dilmun Burial Mounds
    Bahrain
    Inscribed: 2019
    2.11
    77
    6
    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)
  • Ahwar of Southern Iraq
    Ahwar of Southern Iraq
    Iraq
    Inscribed: 2016
    2.98
    23
    4
    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