...picture of the temple tower, seen from the west. It must be stressed that this building is in Khuzestan, ancient Elam. From a geological, climatological, and ethnological point of view, we're no longer in Iran, but on the plains of the rivers Euphrates, Tigris, Karkheh, and Dez. In other words, we're in Mesopotamia.
http://www.livius.org/a/iran/chogha_zanbil/cz.html
fascinating...and this is more fascinating.
http://www.elam.com/
That ziggurat actually looks like a trendy piece of modern architecture.