Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Restoration of the ziggurat temple in ancient Ur (photo credit: Bildagentur Zoonar GmbH at Shutterstock) In a video published in ...

The city of Ur in southern Iraq was one of the great centers of ancient Mesopotamia, and its most famous monument is the Great Ziggurat built for the moon god Nanna around 2050 BCE. Rising above a ...

Restoration work is underway at the ancient Ziggurat of Ur, a monumental stepped temple in Iraq, using local materials and traditional methods to recreate the tower’s original Sumerian style.

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 ...

In a video published in early May, Reuters revealed that the Iraqi government had announced an initial budget of $382,000 to restore the ziggurat. The work will reportedly be completed by July 2026.