ziggurat
IPA: zˈɪgɝæt
noun
- A temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories
- Any building with similar style or shape.
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Examples of "ziggurat" in Sentences
- I destroyed the ziggurat of Susa.
- Note that he doesn't name the Ziggurat.
- BT , great work with the Ziggurat article.
- For example, look at the Sumerian ziggurat.
- An even faster algorithm is the ziggurat algorithm.
- The Ziggurat of Ur is the best example of this style.
- He apparently worked on the unfinished ziggurat at Eridu.
- Another practical function of the ziggurat was for security.
- The core of the ziggurat consists of sun dried square bricks.
- A trough running parallel to the staircase was used to drain the ziggurat.
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