Dating to the late 4th millennium B.C.E. (the Late Uruk Period, or Uruk III) and dedicated to the sky god Anu, this temple would have towered well above (approximately 40 feet) the flat plain of Uruk, and been visible from a great distance—even over the defensive walls of the city.

作品名称：白庙 White Temple. 创作时间：公元前3,517-3,358年. 发现位置：乌鲁克，今伊拉克瓦尔卡. 在人类发历史发展的长河中，世界各地开始陆续出现城市，但大多数考古学家都认为乌鲁克才是世界上最早诞生的城市。 作为 美索不达米亚 南部最重要的城市，世界上最早的文字也来自于那里。 乌鲁克的神庙中最著名的就是供奉安努神的白庙。 这处建筑的历史可追溯至公元前 4 世纪末（乌鲁克晚期或乌鲁克三世）。 在古代 苏美尔 的宗教信仰体系中，安努被认为是诸神之 …

The temple is a large, bright white structure 40 feet off the ground with 3 distinct entrances. The ziggurat acts as a raised platform which the temple sits upon. Steep stairs go up each of its four sides.

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Rising some forty feet above ground level, the ziggurat would have lifted the temple above the city’s fortification wall, supposedly constructed on the orders of Gilgamesh, the eponymous protagonist of the epic tale and legendary king of ancient Uruk (reigned ca. 2700 BCE).

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2015年4月24日 · The White Temple is one of the few ziggurat structures that left enough remains to give a hint to what it could have looked like when it was first built. This famous temple was built for the Mesopotamian god, Anu, around mid 3000 BCE (Gates).

Figure 2-3 Reconstruction drawing of the White Temple and ziggurat, Uruk (modern Warka), Iraq, ca. 3200-3000 BCE. (Sumerian)

Title: Ruins and the Plan of the Anu Ziggurat and White Temple Artist: Sumerians Period/Style: Date: 3300-3,000 BCE Patron: Original Location: uruk (Present-day Warka, Iraq) Material: Subject: Temple/Ziggurat Technique & Description: Ziggurat--stepped structure with a temple on top; large chamber containing alter and smaller spaces on each side ...

Within Uruk, the greatest monument was the Anu Ziggurat on which the White Temple was built. Dating to the late 4th millennium B.C.E. (the Late Uruk Period, or Uruk III) and dedicated to the sky god Anu, this temple would have towered well above (approximately 40 feet) the flat plain of Uruk, and been visible from a great distance—even over ...