The Ziggurat of Chogha Zenbil is an archaeological site belonging to the Elamite Empire in the Khuzestan Province of Iran 🇮🇷
Built around 1250 BC by King Untash-Napirisha in honor of the god Inshusinak, the 24m high (estimated to have been originally twice the size) ziggurat, with a square base, is located within a fortified sacred precinct.
Excavated between 1951-1961 by Roman Ghirshman and designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979, it was destroyed by Assyrian King Ashurbanipal in 640 BC.
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Syrian cylinder seal that probably dates to the 18th-17th centuries BC that was found as part of the assemblage from the Cape Gelidonya Shipwreck c. 1200 BC
The object could have been an “heirloom” as George Bass called it but it might also be a found curiosity.