Chogha Zanbil Ziggurat ("Basket Mound")

Pre-Iranian Elamite Culture; this ziggurat, dating from 1250 B.C.E., is the best preserved example, and is one of the few existent ziggurats outside of Mesopotamia; located about 30 km south-east of present-day Shush, Khuzestan Province, Iran. The five-level structure had a height of 53 meters (174 feet). King Untash-Napirisha, Igihalkid Dynasty (c. 1400 - 1200 BCE) built thi ziggurat and temple complex for all the gods of Susa welcoming worshipers from any region of the Elemite region, representing the Elamite value of religioius tolerance. It was not realized before the King died, and later was abandoned and apparently not actually used.

Elevation is 78 meters (256 feet) above sea level.

Material: mud bricks, baked bricks. Glazed baked bricks, gypsum and ornaments of faïence and glass were used to decorate the surface of the ziggurat.

Data for CG model from:
1. https://www.google.com/search?biw=1276&bih=1507&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=iPW0Wre7A4SwjwOugpSwCA&q=Chogha+Zanbil+Ziggurat+Plan&oq=Chogha+Zanbil+Ziggurat+Plan&gs_l=psy-ab.12...3628.5980.0.8128.5.5.0.0.0.0.117.488.3j2.5.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.1.116...0i30k1.0.5YO7qKpzfKc
2. http://files.tarikhema.org/pdf/story/ilam/chogha_zanbil.pdf
3. Potts, Daniel T., 2014. Elamite monumentality and architectural scale: Lessons from Susa and Choga Zanbil (in J.F. Osborne, ed., Approaching monumentality in archaeology. Albany: State Univ. of New York Press, pp. 23-38.
( https://www.academia.edu/8910250/Potts_2014_-_Elamite_monumentality_and_architectural_scale_Lessons_from_Susa_and_Choga_Zanbil_in_J.F._Osborne_ed._Approaching_monumentality_in_archaeology._Albany_State_Univ._of_New_York_Press_pp._23-38 ).