Interestingly the construction of the first story of the Spiritual superiority of the elite or priestly class who had sole May have been intended to visibly demonstrate the social or Ziggurats have been described as artificial mountains and Ziggurat, a temple built on a stepped pyramid, is a kind ofĪrtificially elevated site for religious worship. Is small, indicating that only a very limited number of peopleĬould enter as officiants or visitors of distinction. Surviving three-stories of the ziggurat are approximatelyĮighty feet high although its original height is estimated at The plain and enclosed by a protective wall three yards thick.īoth platform and wall were protection against flooding. Three stories tall, is situated on a square base elevated above The ziggurat, whose immense ruins are still The center of the ancient city is the ziggurat which is surrounded by the ruins of smaller temples, fortification walls, a palace andĪ funeral palace. Intended to accommodate large numbers of people. Dur-Untash was a very largeĭur-Untash itself first developed as a pilgrimage town However in the mid-thirteenth century he left Susa in order to found his new capital city and religious center about Years, was an ambitious builder and his name is associated withĮxtensive restoration and new construction of religious buildings at Susa. Elamite monarch who ruled for over twenty Its chief city Susa wasįounded in the late fifth millenium B.C. The Kingdom of Elam was a large state on the westernįlanks of the Zagros Mountains. Rediscovered in 1935, it has been extensively excavated ( 1). Susa as their capital city, Dur-Untash remained a royal cityįor about seventeen hundred years. Although Untash-Gal's successors preferred Largest in the world and the best surviving example of ElamiteĪrchitecture. Dur-Untash was theĬapital city of King Untash-Gal. Surrounded by ruins of fortification walls, three palaces and other temples.įounded in approximately 1250 B.C. Built around 1250 B.C.īy King Untash-Gal and destroyed in 640 BC by Southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan.ĭescription: Ruins of the Elamite city of Dur-Untash including Miles north of Ahvaz in ancient Elam, now the Persian Gulf, 25 miles southeast of Susa and 90 Location: About 125 miles north of the northern tip of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre Site Tchogha Zanbil Other Archaeological Sites / The Neolithic of the Levant (500 Page Book Online) Ancient Chogha Zanbil in Iran HOME / Table of Contents = Civilizations - Cultures - Areas - Regions - Prehistory
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