Today fulfilled a longtime wish for me: I got to go with a group of soldiers and a few other civilians to tour the grounds of the Ziggurat of Ur, which stands right outside Camp Adder/Talil. I could ...

A 3-D laser-scan animation of the Ziggurat of Ur in southern Iraq. The video was created from a scan of the monument captured in 2015 for the CyArk Archive by the volunteer documentary team On the ...

Built around 2100 BCE, the Great Ziggurat of Ur stood at the heart of one of the world’s earliest cities. Dedicated to the moon god Nanna, the monument reflects the political power, religious devotion ...

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 ...

Breathing a little easier as their convoy of armored sport-utility vehicles pulled through the gate of Tallil air base at 3:15 p.m., the engineers headed not for the comfort of their air-conditioned ...

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq - Several hundred Iraqi citizens enjoyed a nighttime performance of the Mud House play at the Ziggurat of Ur Nov. 9. The ziggurat stood as the backdrop of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A general view shows the Ziggurat of Ur ruins, ahead of the planned visit of Pope Francis, in Ur near Nassiriya BAGHADAD (Reuters) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ziggurat of Ur is in modern-day Iraq. حسن/Unsplash A ziggurat (also spelled ziqqurat) was a raised platform with four sloping ...

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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.

Picking one period or dynasty to represent the entirety of this era was far too difficult. So I’ve decided that I will be dedicating two blog posts to Near Eastern art. Today’s blog post will be ...