A ziggurat (also spelled ziqqurat) was a raised platform with four sloping sides that looked like a tiered pyramid. Ziggurats were common in ancient Mesopotamia (roughly modern Iraq) from around 4,000 ...

Chogha Zanbil, in southwestern Khuzestan province, is one of the few remaining ziggurats (stepped pyramids) outside of Mesopotamia – and by far, the best preserved. A magnificent ancient Elamite ...