Myths and legends of Babylonia & Assyria . in miniaturethe mountain of all lands—Khursag-kurkura,the birthplace of the gods—and to this end thetemple was erected on a mountain-like heap of the primitive one-storied building other storiescame to be added, till in pursuit of a general idealof height they came to be veritable Towers of Babel,aspiring to reach to heaven. These zikkurats, orstaged towers, as they have been called, were builtof brick, and were quadrangular in form, their foursides facing north, south, east, and west sombre and unlovely appearance was reli
Myths and legends of Babylonia & Assyria . in miniaturethe mountain of all lands—Khursag-kurkura,the birthplace of the gods—and to this end thetemple was erected on a mountain-like heap of the primitive one-storied building other storiescame to be added, till in pursuit of a general idealof height they came to be veritable Towers of Babel,aspiring to reach to heaven. These zikkurats, orstaged towers, as they have been called, were builtof brick, and were quadrangular in form, their foursides facing north, south, east, and west sombre and unlovely appearance was relievedto some extent by the use of brilliant colourings, butin neither form nor colour need we look for anyparticular artistic interest, nor any especial religiousor other symbolism, though attempts have beenmade both in later Babylonian and in our own times |to find astrological interpretations of these. By andby the zikkurat came to be more of a high-placethan a temple, the altars and sanctuary proper beingdisposed about its p> •^^iti . «. .
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