Ziggurat of Ur Traditional Cache
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A small cemetery in rural Crawford County. Plenty of parking room.
No need to walk across any grave sites to find the cache.
This cache was placed as part of THE NCOG SPHINX SPRING SPREE! a
road rally event on May 7, 2011.
The ziggurat was built by Ur-Nammu in approximately the 21st
century BC (short chronology) during the Third Dynasty of Ur. The
massive step pyramid measured 210 feet (64m) in length, 150 feet
(46m) in width and over 100 feet (30m) in height. The height is
speculative, as only the foundations of the Sumerian ziggurat have
survived.
The ziggurat was a piece in a temple complex that served as an
administrative center for the city, and which was a shrine of the
moon god Nanna, the patron deity of Ur.
The construction of the ziggurat was finished in the 21st century
BC by King Shulgi, who, in order to win the allegiance of cities,
proclaimed himself a god. During his 48-year reign, the city of Ur
grew to be the capital of a state controlling much of
Mesopotamia.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
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