It seems that ziggurats developed out of earlier temples on platforms. It is likely that there were once shrines at the tops of the ziggurats - although the chances of finding a shrine now are remote. Today erosion has reduced the surviving ziggurats to a fraction of their original height. Related: Great Pyramid of Cholula: Why You Should Visit The Second-Largest In The World (After Giza) What They Looked Like And How They Were Used The shrine at the top was only accessible by the stairs and it was easy to defend with only a few guides. One more practical function of the ziggurat was that of security. Textual accounts even say that some of the terraces were multicolored and the temples on top were exquisite. While they look like nothing more than piles of mud now, they would have looked spectacular in the past.
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