Meaning & use
ziggurat
An ancient stepped pyramid-like temple tower built in Mesopotamia, typically with a shrine at its summit.
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Archaeologists uncovered a well-preserved ziggurat near the ruins of ancient Ur.
The great ziggurat at Babylon may have inspired later legends about a tower reaching the heavens.
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Ziggurats were built by ancient Sumerian, Babylonian, and Assyrian civilizations and are structurally distinct from Egyptian pyramids.
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