AA Tchogha Zanbil Date of Submission: 1979 State, Region or Province: Khuzestan Province Category: Cultural Chogha Zanbil is the first Iranian site to be inscribed on the UNECSO World Heritage list in 1979. The Tchogha Zanbil was constructed circa 1250 BC by the King Untash Napirisha in an ancient Elamite complex in the modern day Khuzestan Province of Iran. It was built mainly to honor Inshushinak, the great God. The ensemble contains the largest ziggurat of Mesopotamia. The first enclosure contains the temonos in origin, while the second enclosure, trapezoidal in form, delimits a vast, almost empty zone. The temple located at the center in a cube building, related to the Sumerian god Inshushinak. Also Ishnikarab and Kiririsha temples are situated on the north-western side of the ziggurat The contemporary ziggurat is approximately 25 m high, since the last two stages, have been damaged which originally rose to a height of 60 m. Short URL: https://en-economic.mfa.ir/s/menlEh
