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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:monument
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gptkbp:archaeologicalSite
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gptkb:Tell_el-Muqayyar
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gptkbp:built
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circa 21st century BCE
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gptkbp:builtBy
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gptkb:King_Ur-Nammu
gptkb:Shulgi
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gptkbp:coordinates
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30.9625°N 46.1031°E
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Iraq
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gptkbp:culture
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Akkadian
Babylonian
Sumerian
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gptkbp:dedicatedTo
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gptkb:Nanna
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gptkbp:depictedIn
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ancient Mesopotamian art
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gptkbp:excavatedBy
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gptkb:Leonard_Woolley
1922–1934
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gptkbp:function
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cathedral
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gptkbp:height
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about 30 meters
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Ziggurat of Ur
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gptkbp:influenced
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later Mesopotamian ziggurats
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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earlier Sumerian architecture
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gptkbp:level
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originally three
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Ur
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gptkbp:material
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baked brick
mud brick
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gptkbp:nearestCity
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gptkb:Nasiriyah
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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visited by foreign dignitaries
visited by Pope Francis in 2021
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gptkbp:notableFeature
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massive staircase
rectangular base
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gptkbp:openToPublic
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yes
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gptkbp:purpose
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gptkb:district
religious ceremonies
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Sumerian_religion
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gptkbp:restored
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1980s
Saddam Hussein
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gptkbp:significance
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one of the best-preserved ziggurats
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gptkbp:status
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partially restored
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gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list
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gptkb:Iraq
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gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
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part of 'The Ahwar of Southern Iraq' (tentative)
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:monument
gptkb:Ancient_Mesopotamia
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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4
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