ziggurat
Mesopotamian temple platform
A ziggurat is a massive terraced structure built in ancient Mesopotamia, rising in stepped levels toward a flat top.
These pyramid-like temples served as platforms for shrines to gods: The ziggurat at Ur still stands in modern Iraq.
The word sometimes describes any similar stepped architectural form.
Arranged in successive levels
- steppedMoved foot forward
- tieredHaving multiple levels
- platformsElevated flat surfaces
- ascendingMoving upward
monumental · receding · stages · ramps · staircases · foundations · massive · rectangular
Early Mesopotamian metropolis
- BabylonAncient Mesopotamian capital
- SumerAncient southern Mesopotamia
- AssyriaAncient Mesopotamian empire
- NinevehAssyrian empire's seat
Tigris · Euphrates · cuneiform · Gilgamesh · Hammurabi · Marduk · Ishtar · Nebuchadnezzar
Sacred worship structure
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- deityWorshipped supernatural being
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- priestOne who performs sacraments
ritual · sacred · altar · shrine · offerings · Marduk · Anu · divine
Act of unearthing
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- moundHeaped earth formation
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
preservation · artifacts · restoration · UNESCO · heritage · expedition · discovery · survey
terraced
Arranged in successive levels
ascending · monumental · receding · stages · ramps · staircases · foundations · massive · rectangular · levels
Ur
Early Mesopotamian metropolis
- BabylonAncient Mesopotamian capital
- SumerAncient southern Mesopotamia
- AssyriaAncient Mesopotamian empire
Nineveh · Tigris · Euphrates · cuneiform · Gilgamesh · Hammurabi · Marduk · Ishtar · Nebuchadnezzar · city-state
temple
Sacred worship structure
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- deityWorshipped supernatural being
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
priest · ritual · sacred · altar · shrine · offerings · Marduk · Anu · divine · ceremonies
excavation
Act of unearthing
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- moundHeaped earth formation
stratigraphy · preservation · artifacts · restoration · UNESCO · heritage · expedition · discovery · survey · dating
Babel
Confusion of tongues
- ancient historyancient history, ancient world, classical antiquity, ancient empires, Mesopotamia
- ancient worldancient Greece, ancient Rome, ancient Egypt, pyramids, pyramid
- Middle EastIraq, Baghdad, Cairo, Iran, Jordan
- ancient artifactsjade mask, Viking sword, bronze sculptures, antiquities, Roman coin
- ancient ruinsStonehenge, Pompeii, Colosseum, coliseum, Machu Picchu
- ancient sitesPompeii, Stonehenge, pyramids, Colosseum, Giza