Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat

Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat

•Chogha Zanbil is an ancient Elamite complex built in Khuzestan Province-Iran, about 1250 BCE.

•It was built for worshipping gods and mainly to honour the great god Inshushinak.

•The ziggurat now stands only 24.75 metres (81.2 ft) high, less than half its estimated original height, its state of preservation is unsurpassed.

•The main building material used in Chogha Zanbil is mud bricks and occasionally baked bricks.

•The monuments were decorated with glazed baked bricks, gypsum, and ornaments of faïence and glass.

•The Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat became the first Iranian site to be registered on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The ziggurat is considered to be the best-preserved example of a stepped pyramidal monument by UNESCO.

•Petroleum exploration due to increased global demand threatens the foundations of the site.

•Digging for oil has been undertaken as close as 300 metres (984 ft) away from the ziggurat.

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