CONTINGENCY OPERATION BASE ADDER, Iraq -Towering in the distance, visible from COB Adder, is one of the world's most famous ancient buildings: the Great Ziggurat of Ur. The Ziggurat was completed in ...

The Great Ziggurat of Ur dedicated to the Moon god. Ziggurats were massive structure typical for Mesopotamia. Sumerians believed that the gods lived in the temple at the top of the ziggurats.

A ziggurat is an ancient pyramid-shaped tower with a square base. The tradition of building these beautiful structures started in Mesopotamia with the Sumerians, the Akkadians, the Babylonians, the ...

Ur was one of Mesopotamia's wealthiest and most vibrant cities. And the Ziggurat of Ur is one of dozens of similar temple compounds built around ancient Mesopotamia, which may have included the ...