The Mesopotamian ″stepped pyramids″, or ziqurrats, are surely the most
remarkable and impressive religious Mesopotamian buildings. After all, one of them was the Tower of Babel.
Category: Mesopotamian Religion
Category 2
Temples and offerings to the gods
Every Mesopotamian cities counted several temples. Some were huge precincts, others small shrines.
Mesopotamian gods and goddesses “lived” in a city. Indeed, there is no word for “temple” in Babylonian: what we call “temple” is literally the “house” of a god: Esagil is thus the “house” of Marduk in Babylon. In all cities, the main temple was the “house” of the protective deity of the city.