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The Ziggurat of Tchoga-Zanbil

In the desert of southwestern Iran stand the remains of a temple that was originally 165 feet high. Built by the Elamites of 3,000 years ago, it is the same kind of structure as the Tower of Babel

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 204 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “The Ziggurat of Tchoga-Zanbil” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 204 No. 1 (), p. 68
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0161-68