The Great Ziggurat of Ur dedicated to the Moon god. Ziggurats were massive structure typical for Mesopotamia. Sumerians believed that the gods lived in the temple at the top of the ziggurats.

La Revue d'assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale est l'héritière d'une longue tradition, puisqu'elle a vu le jour en 1884 (une esquisse de son histoire a été publiée dans le n°100, 2006, p. 5-12).

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A ziggurat is an ancient pyramid-shaped tower with a square base. The tradition of building these beautiful structures started in Mesopotamia with the Sumerians, the Akkadians, the Babylonians, the ...