Pyramid Explorer

Ziggurat of Borsippa (Birs Nimrud)

Babylon Governorate, Iraq

Ziggurat. Height: 70 m. Date: 6th century BCE, on an older tower from the 2nd millennium BCE.

Ziggurat dedicated to Nabu. Completed by Nebuchadnezzar with seven terraces, it reached 70 m and today preserves 52, with a casing that brought the base to 78 x 78 m.

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