What is Chogha Zanbil?
{{Infobox ancient site |name = Chogha Zanbil |native_name =چغازنبيل (Persian)<br />Dur Untash (Elamite) |image = زیگورات چغا زنبیل.jpg |caption = Chogha Zanbil |map_type = Iran |relief=yes |map_alt = Location in Iran |coordinates = {{coord|32|0|30|N|48|31|15|E|display=inline,title}} |location = [[Khuzestan Province]], Iran |region = |type = Settlement |part_of = |length = |width = |area = |height = | builder = [[Untash-Napirisha]] | material = | built = 1250&nbsp;BC | abandoned = 640&nbsp;BC | epochs = | cultures = [[Elam]]ite | dependency_of = | occupants = | event = | excavations = 1951–1961 | archaeologists = [[Roman Ghirshman]] | condition = In ruins | ownership = | management = | public_access = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | notes = {{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site | child = yes | official_name = Tchogha Zanbil | criteria = {{UNESCO WHS type|(iii), (iv)}}(iii), (iv) | ID = 113 | year = 1979 }} }} '''Chogha Zanbil''' ({{lang-fa|چغازنبیل}}) is an ancient site located in [[Khuzestan Province]], [[Iran]]. This site was built by the [[Elam]] civilization. This place is one of the few [[ziggurats]] outside [[Mesopotamia]]. == References == * D. T. Potts, The Archaeology of Elam: Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State, [[Cambridge University Press]], 1999, {{ISBN|0-521-56496-4}} * Roman Ghirshman, La ziggourat de Tchoga-Zanbil (Susiane), [[Comptes rendus de l'Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres|Comptes-rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres]], vol. 98 lien Issue 2, pp.&nbsp;233–238, 1954 * Roman Ghirshman, Campagne de fouilles à Tchoga-Zanbil, près de Suse, Comptes-rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, vol. 99, iss. 1, pp.&nbsp;112–113, 1955 * Roman Ghirshman, Cinquième campagne de fouilles à Tchoga-Zanbil, près Suse, rapport préliminaire (1955–1956), Comptes-rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, vol. 100, iss. 3, pp.&nbsp;335–345, 1956 * Roman Ghir