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Great Ziggurat of Ur

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c. 2100 BC · Ur · Middle East · Culture

Ur-Nammu raises a tower to the moon god in a Sumerian revival

Great Ziggurat of Ur
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King Ur-Nammu, founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur, built a stepped temple tower to the moon god Nanna. It symbolised the Sumerian revival and is one of the best-preserved monuments of Mesopotamia.

State: Gutian Dynasty