Mesopotamian temple tower that looks like a truncated pyramid with layers that form steps
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A Ziggurat is a stepped "mountain" with a temple on the top. Ziggurats look like a truncated pyramid with layers that form steps. They were first built in [[Mesopotamia]], but are also found in may other parts of the world. The Native peoples of [[South America]] invented an built ziggurats that are strikingly similar to those of the Middle East, even though the two cultures never communicated with eachother.