At Chogha Zanbil in Khuzestan (Iran), bricks that make up the entire structure of the complex bear inscriptions, containing dedications by King Untash-Napirisha to Elamite gods. Dating to 1250 BC, the complex is the world’s best preserved example of a stepped pyramidal monument. [2060×720]

Archaeologists have removed several of the inscribed bricks, preserved in museums for study and safekeeping. You can find most of the bricks at the National Museum of Iran, and some others at the Louvre and Pergamon Museum. Thousands of other inscribed bricks remain in situ at the site itself, especially on the lower terraces of the ziggurat. Chogha Zanbil was the first Iranian site inscribed on the World Heritage List nearly half a century ago:

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chogha_Zanbil#](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chogha_Zanbil#)