Religious architecture of the city of Borsippa
Abstract
The article considers the religious architecture of the city of Borsippa, one of the most important cities in Ancient Meso-potamia. Due to its geographical location close to Babylon Borsippa had prosperous religious architecture. The most impor-tant monuments are ziqqurat (which was even associated with the Tower of Babel), as well as three temple complexes. The article considers in details the stages of building, planning structure and building material of the mentioned monuments.
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