![]() Multiple floors of ziggurats are built on the ground independently.Inhabitants of the Central Plateau of Iran and Mesopotamia built ziggurats in a shape inspired by high mountains and held religious ceremonies on top of them.The purpose of the ziggurat was to get closer to the gods. In ancient times, people believed that Gods lived in the sky and there was the custom of worshiping deities from high places.The spaces around the ziggurat were decorated with trees.The upper floor of the ziggurats was reached by stairs or a slope. So far, none of the identified ziggurats have remained intact and therefore their exact height has not been determined. Geographically, apart from Sialk Ziggurat in Kashan located in central Iranian plateau, ziggurats are mostly distributed between Sumer – Babylon – Assyria and southwestern Iran.The bases of ziggurats are square in shape.Ziggurat is a solid structure (without any interior space) made of clay bricks.The most famous ziggurat of Iran is Chogha Zanbil in Susa. Although many Elamites used to call it “ Kokono“, such monuments in Iran and Mesopotamia are nowadays called ancient ziggurats. The construction of such monuments was common in almost all ancient cultures. The ziggurat is a tower-like stepped pyramid-shaped temple with several floors above which the main temple was located. The word ziggurat is a modern-day pronunciation of the Zighurtu an Akkadian term that comes from the Babylonian and Assyrian texts, meaning a multi-storied temple. The construction of ziggurats was common from 4200 to 2500 years ago. ![]() The Ziggurat is a religious structure typical of major cities of Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and Iran), built as a pyramid-shaped temple.
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