Ziggurat of Ur - Ancient Sumerian Temple in Iraq #176259 (License: Personal Use)

Built around 2100 BCE during the reign of King Ur-Nammu, the Ziggurat of Ur is one of the best-preserved Mesopotamian ziggurats, originally dedicated to the moon god Nanna. Its massive mud-brick core, faced with baked bricks and bitumen, features three tiers with a central staircase leading to the temple at the summit. Though partially reconstructed in the 1980s under Saddam Hussein, it remains an iconic symbol of early urban civilization and religious practice in the Fertile Crescent.

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