Ziggurat

//ˈzɪɡʊˌɹæt//

"Ziggurat" in a Sentence (4 examples)

The biblical Tower of Babel is what architects call a ziggurat.

The Venus of Willendorf is more powerful than any stone ziggurat.

It would be uplifting to think that the ziggurat was the first expression of Near Eastern civilization, for then one could speak about humanity's fascination with the heavens, of the human quest for communion with the infinite.

He works in an old ziggurat of an office building.

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