Category “Travel & Tourism”

Ziggurat of Ur – A Red Monument in the Desert

Saturday, 14 November, 2009

The Ziggurat of Ur is one of the most ancient monuments there is. In fact, this crumbling structure of red mud bricks in the middle of the desert in Iraq is so old that “ancient” just might not be enough to cover it.
The Ziggurat of Ur was ancient when most of the pyramids of Egypt [...]