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141 We have already shown what the Mesopotamian "pyramids" — the ziggurats or stage-towers—looked like (Fig. 24). We find com- pletely different structures on some of the most archaic Sumerian depictions. In some (Fig. 41) we see the construction of a structure with a square base and triangular sides—a smooth-sided pyramid. Other depictions show a completed pyramid (Fig. 42 a,b) with the eee aay SES! yok LS 1G a Fig. 42 When Earth Was Divided