TALIL, Iraq - Four Task Force 38 Soldiers toured the historical Ziggurat of Ur near Contingency Operating Base Adder in Talil, Iraq, during their Operation Iraqi Freedom deployments. During their tour ...

A 3-D laser-scan animation of the Ziggurat of Ur in southern Iraq. The video was created from a scan of the monument captured in 2015 for the CyArk Archive by the volunteer documentary team On the ...

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq - Approximately 500 attendees were on hand to see security of the well-preserved Ziggurat of Ur ceremoniously transferred back to the Iraqi security forces here, ...

The city of Ur in southern Iraq was one of the great centers of ancient Mesopotamia, and its most famous monument is the Great Ziggurat built for the moon god Nanna around 2050 BCE. Rising above a ...

The city of Ur, once the largest in the world and the crown jewel of one of humanity's first civilizations, sits in a wasteland at the edge of a war zone. In late spring, the temperature easily hits ...