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Ziggurat of Agar Quf, Dur-Kurigalzu, Iraq, 1977.

Ziggurat of Agar Quf, Dur-Kurigalzu, Iraq, 1977. Ziggurats were temple towers of terraced pyramid form built by the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia. The example at Dur-Kurigalzu was built by the Kassites, who ruled Babylon from the 16th to the 12th century BC. The lower level was restored by the Iraqi government in the 1970s.
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Ziggurat of Agar Quf, Dur-Kurigalzu, Iraq, 1977.
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Ziggurat of Agar Quf, Dur-Kurigalzu, Iraq, 1977. Ziggurats were temple towers of terraced pyramid form built by the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia. The example at Dur-Kurigalzu was built by the Kassites, who ruled Babylon from the 16th to the 12th century BC. The lower level was restored by the Iraqi government in the 1970s.
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5174 x 3380 px | 50.0 MB
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43.8 x 28.6 cm | 17.2 x 11.3 in (300 dpi)