<Tr> <Th> Builder </Th> <Td> Ur - Nammu </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Founded </Th> <Td> Approximately 21st century BCE </Td> </Tr> <P> The Ziggurat (or Great Ziggurat) of Ur (Sumerian: é - temen - ní - gùru "Etemenniguru", meaning "temple whose foundation creates aura") is a Neo-Sumerian ziggurat in what was the city of Ur near Nasiriyah, in present - day Dhi Qar Province, Iraq . The structure was built during the Early Bronze Age (21st century BCE), but had crumbled to ruins by the 6th century BCE of the Neo-Babylonian period when it was restored by King Nabonidus . </P> <P> Its remains were excavated in the 1920s and 1930s by Sir Leonard Woolley . Under Saddam Hussein in the 1980s, they were encased by a partial reconstruction of the façade and the monumental staircase . The ziggurat of Ur is the best - preserved of those known from Iran and Iraq, besides the ziggurat of Dur Untash (Chogha Zanbil). It is one of three well preserved structures of the Neo-Sumerian city of Ur, along with the Royal Mausolea and the Palace of Ur - Nammu (the E-hursag). </P>

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