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. (This year, we ...
Unlike the Egyptian pyramids, ziggurats were not places of royal burials, but temples dedicated to the patron deity of a city ...
Veduta aerea di Ur, la città irachena che fu capitale dei Sumeri, fondata nel 3800 a. C. Oggi è una delle mete più ambite nel Paese che riapre al turismo (foto Getty) I ragazzi si passano il narghilé ...
The city of Ur, once the largest in the world and the crown jewel of one of humanity's first civilizations, sits in a wasteland at the edge of a war zone. In late spring, the temperature easily hits ...