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Ziggurat of Ur
Leonard Woolley cleared Ur's ziggurat in 1923–24 and found holes left so its brick core could drain.
The structure was built during the Early Bronze Age (21st century BC) by King Ur-Nammu…
What did climbing one mean to the people below?
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