ziggurat
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Kadhimi spoke in his stylish office in a building that is a modern recreation of the ancient tower of Ziggurat.
From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2022
According to the State Board for Antiquities and Heritage director for Ur, Ali Kadhim Ghanim, the complex next to the Ziggurat dates back to about 1900 BC.
From Reuters • Feb. 22, 2021
All that is left of the great city that was once home to 80,000 is rubble and the remains of a huge Ziggurat.
From Fox News • Jan. 21, 2020
Peter Balakian: Well, the ziggurat trilogy began with a poem, forty-five sections or so, in my book of 2010 called “Ziggurat,” and that poem was called “A-Train / Ziggurat / Elegy.”
From The New Yorker • Mar. 20, 2019
Just below the base of the image, Nelson noted several great, copper coils, no doubt conducting steam from the interior of the Ziggurat.
From Astounding Stories, March, 1931 by Various
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