For this section, there are two pieces of art that, I believe, do a very good job of showcasing Sumerian Art: the "Standard of Ur” and the "Ziggurat of Ur." The “Standard of Ur," created in 2600 B.C., ...

High templeThe Ziggurat of Ur was constructed in the ... called the inhabitants of this area. The ancient Sumerians called themselves salmat qaqqadi, meaning “black heads.” ...

At the end of a long wooden walkway, an impressive ziggurat is nearly all that remains of the ancient Sumerian metropolis. To get here, I'd been packed into the backseat of a taxi hurtling through ...

The Crestone ziggurat is the only spiritual structure of its kind in the U.S. The monument in southern Colorado mirrors those from ancient Mesopotamia. The ziggurat is maintained by the Karma ...

Ancient Sumer was in the southern part of a place ... Each city had a temple in its centre called a Ziggurat. They were tall so that people could be closer to the gods in the sky.

Other ancient cities in Mesopotamia, such as Uruk ... Mesopotamian architectural achievement is the construction of ziggurats — elaborate, pyramid-like towers that dominated the skylines ...

short-lived Sumerian state. But what really intrigued Safar and Lloyd was what lay hidden beneath the remains of that ziggurat. (They were scouting for oil in Iran. They found an ancient temple ...