Ziggurats were mudbrick temples designed to bridge heaven and earth, anchoring religion, power, and architecture in the ancient Near East for thousands of years.

A ziggurat (also spelled ziqqurat) was a raised platform with four sloping sides that looked like a tiered pyramid. Ziggurats were common in ancient Mesopotamia (roughly modern Iraq) from around 4,000 ...

Zeal for the pyramid-shaped federal office building known as the Ziggurat in Laguna Niguel has driven up its price to $164.4 million, more than twice the auction’s starting price. The bidding war has ...