Ziggurat of Ur
is really Ziggurat of Ur, Nasiriyah, Dhi Qar
Real place, still recognisable
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
Late in the game Indy reaches the Ziggurat of Ur in southern Iraq, with the Hammar marshes nearby.
The real place
The ziggurat was built around 2100 BC under King Ur-Nammu and partly rebuilt in the 1980s. It was excavated in the 1920s and 1930s by Leonard Woolley, a real archaeologist of Indy's era.
Visiting
Ur is about 15 km south-west of Nasiriyah. Check current travel advice for Iraq, and arrange a visit through a local guide.
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