The great ziggurat of Ur and the 6,000-year-old city that built it
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The great ziggurat of Ur and the 6,000-year-old city that built it
The city of Ur in southern Iraq was one of the great centers of ancient Mesopotamia, and its most famous monument is the Great Ziggurat built for the moon god Nanna around 2050 BCE. Rising above a major port city on the Persian Gulf, the ziggurat stood at the heart of a powerful urban civilization known for trade, royal tombs, monumental ...
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