Construction of the Great Ziggurat of Ur began around 2050 BCE and was completed by 1980 BCE, standing approximately 30 meters high with a base measuring 64 by 45 meters.

Egypt may have the Pyramids of Giza, but Iraq has the Ziggurat of Ur – an incredibly well-preserved engineering achievement that towers over the ruins of an important ancient city.

MR. C. L. WOOLLEY'S first report on the excavations of the current season at Ur (Times, March 3), dealing mainly with a building of the little-known First Dynasty, about 3000 B.C., below the ...

Egypt may have the Pyramids of Giza, but Iraq has the Ziggurat of Ur – an incredibly well-preserved engineering achievement that towers over the ruins of an important ancient city.