Another example of a famous ziggurat is the one of Chogha Zanbil in Iran. Sam Moghadam Khamseh/Unsplash
[8/8] L'article souligne un héritage de longue durée. La forme en terrasses des #ziggurats inspire encore des architectures modernes comme certains gratte-ciel. Ces édifices révèlent comment religion, milieu et pouvoir organisent l’espace urbain à différentes échelles.
#history #cities #Mesopotamia
[6/8] D’autres #ziggurats marquent l’espace régional. À Babylone, Etemenanki, dédiée à Marduk, atteint probablement plus de 50 m. Sa monumentalité inspire le récit biblique de la tour de Babel, montrant l’écho culturel durable de ces architectures sacrées.
[4/8] Le milieu naturel façonne l’architecture. La pierre étant rare, les #ziggurats sont construites en briques d’argile séchées au soleil, consolidées par du bitume. Cette contrainte explique leur fragilité et la nécessité d’un entretien constant par les pouvoirs politiques.
[1/8] Pour les cours de 6e... Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides (Macquarie Univ) et Michael B. Charles (Southern Cross Univ) expliquent le rôle des #ziggurats. Ils montrent comment ces monuments organisent les villes et les sociétés de la #Mésopotamie antique.
#history #cities #Mesopotamia
UEA Ziggurats today in Norwich. Built 1964–68, designed by Denys Lasdun in bold brutalist style. Grade II* listed. Closed since 2023 until further notice due to structural concerns - along with every other concrete building from that bold brutalist era.
#UEA #Norwich #Brutalism #Ziggurats
R.I.P., Jackie #Ferrara, née Hirschhorn [°Nov. 17, 1929 – Oct. 22, 2025]🕯️😔🌹
#sculpture #Postminimalism #pyramids #ziggurats #DetroitInstituteofArts #SymphonySid #TinaHejtmanek #PeterSchjeldahl #ManuelMartinJr #HermanHirschhorn #JacquelineHirschhorn #JackieFerrara
The Tower of Babel open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #LCMS #Lutheran #Lutherans #pentecost #JesusChristAtonement #TowerofBabel #sin #pyramids #humansacrifice #Christianityandculture #ziggurats
crestone ziggurat - crestone, colorado. the ziggurat is a 3-story, concrete cylindrical structure that decreases in circumference like a tapered candle at each story, owing to a spiral path that climbs around and up the structure. it is painted a rich, vibrant yellow, the color of a ripe banana, and sits atop a small hill at the base of the sangre de cristo mountain range.
closeup of crestone ziggurat - crestone, colorado. the ziggurat is a 3-story, concrete cylindrical structure that decreases in circumference like a tapered candle at each story, owing to a spiral path that climbs around and up the structure. it is painted a rich, vibrant yellow, the color of a ripe banana, and sits atop a small hill at the base of the sangre de cristo mountain range.
a young girl in a pink one piece sleeveless summer outfit, smiling and squatting in the southern colorado desert as the sun sets out of frame behind her.
portrait of a mother and daughter, seated at the base of the crestone ziggurat, looking away from the sunset.
#Ziggurats were built in ancient #Mesopotamia much sooner than the Pyramids of Egypt.
