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Places tagged “proto ziggurat”

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🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid

Tepe Giyan Ziggurat Mound (Nahavand)

Early to Middle Bronze Age (Giyan III–IV) · Elamite / Highland Zagros (Giyan culture)

Zagros highland terrace shrine at Tepe Giyan c.2800–1700 BCE — 40 m proto-ziggurat mound linking Elamite terraces to later Median fire temples.

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🇮🇷 Iran · Pyramid

Ziggurat of Tepe Musiyan (Deh Luran)

Late Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age (Uruk to ED) · Proto-Elamite / Jemdet Nasr

Early highland proto-ziggurat at Tepe Musiyan, Deh Luran — 50×70 m oval platform c.3100 BCE linking Uruk Susiana to Elamite highland terraces.