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Pyramid vs. Ziggurat

 

Pyramid

Ziggurat

Producing culture:

Egyptian. Sumerian (Mesopotamian).

Function of structure:

Tomb. Temple.

Material in interior:

Stone. Sun-dried mud-brick.

Description of interior:

Passages and rooms (Cheops/Khufu's pyramid). Solid.

Material on exterior:

Limestone. Fired mud-brick.

Description of exterior:

Polished limestone, gold cap, maybe painted. Vegetation, temple on top, cone mosaic in plaster.

Example:

Pyramid of Khufu/Cheops, Giza, c. 2601-2528 B.C. Ziggurat of King Urnammu, Ur, c. 2100 B.C.

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