Ziggurats

Benjamin W. Porter

A common feature in ancient Mesopotamian cities, a ziggurat was a square or rectilinear terraced platform with a temple at its summit. A stairway or ramp led from the ziggurat's base to the temple, the residence of the city's patron deity. Ziggurats vary in form and style; some of the largest and best-understood ziggurats have been excavated at Aššur, Babylon, Eridu, Nippur, Ur, and Uruk in modern Iraq. Genesis 11: 1–9 figuratively describes the construction of the Tower of Babel, widely believed to be the ziggurat of Babylon, called ...

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