Ziggurats and Pyramids: An Analysis of Physical Structure and Cultural Functions

The pyramids of Akkad culture and Egyptian culture have fundamental and potential dynamism to support the creation of pyramids. The foundation for creating these monumental architectural wonders is based on religious beliefs. The pyramids and pyramids have similarities in design and function but ultimately we aim to find two different aspects of the established religious beliefs and to serve them. Looking at the pyramid, its appearance is very similar to the pyramid's appearance, but the two structures are designed for two distinctly different purposes.

The Sumerians, the people who built the pyramids, and the Egyptians are quite different in their cultural and religious beliefs and are famous for constructing pyramids in Giza. Pyramids and pyramids have different structures and functions, but the symbolic meanings of the structures have similarities. The first pyramid of Mesopotamia was built by the Sumerians. Between 3300 and 3000 BC. Anu Ziggurat and White Temple were one of the earliest built temples, and Urna 's Nanna ziggurat built about the collapse of Akade Empire after Sutirians forced Guti. 2100 - 2050 BC. The pyramids of Giza in Egypt were commissioned by three consecutive Egyptian kings: Huff, Havra, and the fourth dynasty of 2575-2450 BC

Ziggurat, a pyramid-shaped staircase temple tower, is an architectural and religious building of the main cities of Mesopotamia (now mainly located in Iraq) and has a history of about 2200 to 500 years. The pyramid is always made of mud brick core and the outside is covered with grilled bricks. It does not have a normal square or rectangular inner chamber with an average base of 170 feet (50 meters) or 125 x 170 feet (40 x 50 meters). About 25 pyramids are known and are equally divided into Sumerian, Babylon and Assyrian

The Giza Pyramid is an example of a wonderful monument, but these buildings are very different from the ancient Near East pyramid. From the beginning of the material, pyramids are much more complicated than the pyramids. Compared to the mud brick method used in the pyramid, the pyramid is made of limestone, it is a strong and heavy material. Material pyramids differ according to their layout. That is, it means the structure itself. This structure has a triangular base with small steps, each base is smaller than the metal base leading to the top. As the tunnel leads to the funeral tomb in the middle of the pyramid, these buildings are obviously hollow inside and are not used for worship. The pyramid is used for funeral purposes to commemorate the dead pharaoh that built it. In the case of the pyramid of Giza, the three Pharaohs were Huff, Hafra, Menkar, all of them built a pyramid and buried in it.