Saturday, October 3, 2015

Ziggurat Temple

Ziggurat Temple, Ur, Iraq
looking southeast
2100BCE   50' high
baked mud brick  bitumen
asphalt-like substance
Neo-Sumerian largest in Mesopotamia
3 ramp-like stairways 100 steps each
ended @ gateway to temple
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