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    Chogha Zanbil (also Tchoga Zanbil and Čoġā Zanbīl) (Persian: چغازنبيل; Elamite: Al Untas Napirisa then later Dur Untash) is an ancient Elamite complex...
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  • Chogha Zanbil (Persian: چغازنبيل, also Romanized as Choghā Zanbīl; also known as Chaqā-ye Zanbīl, Choqāy Zanbīl, Choqā Zanbīl, Chowghār Zanbīl, and Ma‘bad-e...
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    Aqar Quf near Baghdad, the no longer extant Etemenanki in Babylon, Chogha Zanbil in Khūzestān and Sialk. The Sumerians believed that the gods lived in...
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  • media related to Chogha Zanbil. Zooarchaeological observations from Prehistoric and Achaemenid levels at Chogha Mish, Iran. Project Chogha Mish Fauna...
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    during his reign, in Chogha Zanbil, Susa, Choga Gotvand and other places. He dedicated a statue of the god Immiriya in Chogha Zanbil to his father-in-law...
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    of those known from Mesopotamia, besides the ziggurat of Dur Untash (Chogha Zanbil). It is one of three well-preserved structures of the Neo-Sumerian city...
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  • ISBN 0-918986-00-1 "Treasury of Atreus" Structurae.de. Retrieved 12 July 2012. "Chogha Zanbil" The Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 13 July 2012. "Naveta des Tudons"...
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    (c. 1275-1240 BCE) a temple of Pinikir had been built in Dur-Untash (Chogha Zanbil) near the ziggurat. The king donated a golden statue of the goddess...
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    near Nasiriyah, Iraq, the Ziggurat of Aqar Quf near Baghdad, Iraq, Chogha Zanbil in Khūzestān, Iran (the most recent to be discovered), and the Sialk...
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    Elamite Chogha Zanbil ziggurat from the 14th or 13th century BCE, and the ruins and archaeological site of the ancient city of Susa. Chogha Zanbil, located...
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    including: Pre-Parsian style (up until the eighth century BCE) e.g. Chogha Zanbil, Median style (from the eighth to the sixth century BCE), Achaemenid...
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    and 1245 cities. Population maps of Iranian counties and provinces Chogha Zanbil Ecbatana Istakhr Naqsh-e Rustam Pasargadae Persepolis Shahr-e Sukhteh...
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    near Nasiriyah, Iraq, the Ziggurat of Aqar Quf near Baghdad, Iraq, Chogha Zanbil in Khūzestān, Iran, the most recent to be discovered – Sialk near Kashan...
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    millennia BC) Sarpol-e Zahab Elam (3rd to 2nd millennia BC) Anshan Chogha Zanbil Godin Tepe Haft Tepe Susa Khorramabad Assyria Tappeh Hasanlu Median...
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    height with the construction of the political and religious complex at Chogha Zanbil, 30 km (19 mi) south-east of Susa. In ca. 1175 BC, the Elamites under...
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    under the rule of the Assyrians who brought destruction upon Susa and Chogha Zanbil. But in 538 BC, Cyrus the Great was able to re-conquer the Elamite lands...
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    10th in the world. These include Persepolis, Naghsh-e Jahan Square, Chogha Zanbil, Pasargadae, Golestan Palace, Arg-e Bam, Behistun Inscription, Shahr-e...
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    well as in modern mosques. Islam portal Iraq portal Firuzabad, Fars Chogha Zanbil The Wonderful Barn al-Amid, Tahir Muzaffar (1973), "The Abbasid Architecture...
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    Humban-Numena. There was later (ca. 1250 BC) a temple built to her at Chogha Zanbil. She was often called 'the Great', or 'the divine mother'. She seems...
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    widespread in the Old World. Glazed brick goes back to the Elamite Temple at Chogha Zanbil, dated to the 13th century BC. The Iron Pagoda, built in 1049 in Kaifeng...
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    Europos, Shahr-e-Ray, Arsacia) Chogha Mish Tepe Sialk Susa (Shush, Shushan) Kabnak (Haft Tepe) Dur Untash (Chogha Zanbil) Shahr-e Sukhteh Pasargadae (Pasargad...
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    12th century BC. It was moved from the original religious capital of Chogha Zanbil to the city of Susa by the successor king, Shutruk-Nahnante. Four registers...
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    were created during that period. One of her temples was a part of the Chogha Zanbil complex. Numerous artifacts inscribed with the name of Untash-Napirisha...
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    goddess, Manzat. He points out that the temple of Shala and Adad at Chogha Zanbil was adjacent to that of Manzat. He considers it a possibility that figures...
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    Chogha Zanbil is an ancient Elamite complex in the Khuzestan province of Iran....
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    are available from outside Mesopotamia, including inscriptions from Chogha Zanbil in Elam and Aramaic documents from Elephantine in Egypt. In known myths...
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    The main site during the second part of the Middle Elamite period is Chogha Zanbil, which was anciently known as Āl Untaš Napiriša or Dūr Untaš. It had...
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  • timber framing based on the Mycenaean megaron 1000s BC – 1100s – 1200s – Chogha Zanbil built. End of Harappan architecture 1300s – 1400s – 1500s – 1600s –...
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    and Khorramshahr, Mandaean communities also existed in towns such as Chogha Zanbil in Shush County, Shushtar, and Abadan, as well as Mahshahr, Shadegan...
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    Stolper. In the meantime (1967), the Middle Elamite inscriptions from Chogha Zanbil were published by father Marie-Joseph Steve. In the fourth quarter of...
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