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ziggurat
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ziggurat in ancient Mesopotamia, a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. Ziggurats are first attested in the late 3rd millennium
bc and probably inspired the biblical story of the
Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1–9).
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Vignette; Going Head-to-Head With Ziggurat
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/19/1996; ; 620 words
; ...Deep Blue. I have mine with Ziggurat. Ziggurat is the name my computer assigns...My encyclopedia tells me that ziggurats were pyramidal structures with...about. That's all I know about Ziggurat -- except that I don't like...
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ZIGZAG ZIGGURAT.(how to build a ziggurat from sugar cubes)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 11/1/2000; ; 646 words
; ...larger than the bottom of the ziggurat. Now, line up rows of sugar...square. This will make the ziggurat's base. (Note: Although ziggurats were rectangular, you'll...or eight tiers, finish the ziggurat with a square "temple" on...
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Ziggurat wins a Mobius award for Jonathan Crisp branding and packaging.(NEWS)
Magazine article from: Food Trade Review; 2/1/2006; 676 words
; Ziggurat are celebrating yet another prestigious...presented in Los Angeles on 10 February. Ziggurat has enjoyed widespread recognition for...Jonathan Crisp brand was re-designed by Ziggurat in 2004. Year on year sales are currently...
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'MUD HOUSE' PLAYS AT ZIGGURAT OF UR
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/17/2008; 493 words
; ...nighttime performance of the Mud House play at the Ziggurat of Ur Nov. 9. The ziggurat stood as the backdrop of the Mud House actors...better way to use and care for their historic ziggurat. "The Dhi Qar Provincial Reconstruction Team...
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Ziggurat develops the right Formula for M&S.(TECHNOLOGY & PACKAGING)(Marks and Spencer PLC)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Cosmetics International; 9/23/2005; 700+ words
; ...relies on the packaging expertise of Ziggurat. Called Formula, the range carries...simultaneously creating a unified brand identity. Ziggurat achieved this by utilising a triple banding...Formula for Marks & Spencer," said Ziggurat's creative director, Allison Miguel...
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Electrolux cleans up brand with Ziggurat. (News).(UK)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Design Week; 1/16/2003; 700+ words
; ZIGGURAT has unveiled the latest evidence of its...following the design style established by Ziggurat are in the pipeline, but it is not clear...would move with him (DW 9 January). But Ziggurat director Adrian Day insists this was...
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The ziggurat snakes its way to the sky.
Magazine article from: MEED Middle East Economic Digest; 10/15/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...proportions, but for a design based on the ziggurat of Samara. "We looked at the region...suitable, we chose the minaret, and the ziggurat of Samara in particular," says Osama...says it was chance that they chose the ziggurat style, but Iraqi-born Auchi was happy...
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When past meets present.(THEN AND NOW)(Ziggurat)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 10/1/2006; 565 words
; ...Traditionally, a ziggurat consisted of a series...which it rested. Most ziggurats had at least seven levels...silver, and gold. Ziggurats had staircases, instead...Today, Mesopotamia's ziggurats lie in ruins, but are...examples is the inverted ziggurat design of New York...
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Ziggurat updates identity for waste group Valpak. (News).
Magazine article from: Design Week; 7/4/2002; ; 700+ words
; ZIGGURAT has revamped the identity for Valpak...of an evolving business,' she says. Ziggurat director Adrian Day says the identity...inspiration for the brand revamp, says Ziggurat creative director Allison Miguel. 'The...
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Ziggurat Brands sows the seeds of success for Tree of Life.(PACKAGING)
Magazine article from: Food Trade Review; 10/1/2008; 575 words
; ...of fruit, nuts and seeds created by Ziggurat Brands. The tree symbolises the DNA...formerly known as Nature's Store. Ziggurat Brands' creative director, Kate Shaw...developments. It is a good example of Ziggurat's ability to provide clients with...
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ziggurat
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
ziggurat A temple built on a series of stages from...supposed to reside at the top. There were ziggurats at Nineveh , Babylon (built between 1900...may have been inspired by a neighbouring ziggurat in Mesopotamia . Jacob's dream of a...
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Sumerian and Babylonian art
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...waist. Some are portrayed kneeling. The ziggurat temple form was the most striking architectural achievement of the Sumerians. One ziggurat at Erech extended over an area of half...2100 BC During this period the great ziggurat of the moon god at Ur was built. Invasions...
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Babylonian architecture
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...stepped or triangular battlements . Staged towers, known as ziggurats , and resembling a pile of diminishing square platforms...associated with temples: an impressive example was the enormous ziggurat at Ur (C22 BC), with huge staircases giving access to the...
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Pyramids
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...pharaohs. The earliest Egyptian pyramid was a step pyramid ( ziggurat ), built c. 2700 bc for Zoser. Pyramid building in Egypt...sides 231m (758ft) long at the base. The largest New World ziggurat pyramid was built at Teotihuacán , Mexico, in the...
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Skyscrapers
Book article from: American Decades
...decorative detail. Around 1924 this design began to give way to the ziggurat (a pyramidal structure created by a series of setback blocks...upward thrust, it normally minimized decorative detail. The ziggurat, in turn, began to surrender ground in the late 1920s and...
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