In the ancient world, forms that represent mountains are very important. They are the places where you can connect with the gods. If you think about ancient structures like pyramids, dolmens, and, of course, ziggurats, they all have this symbolic connection to mountains and the world of the spirits. While ziggurats are places of worships, they are exclusive. It is really only the very small rooms up at the very top that hold the cult statue of the god/goddess. Only the priests, kings, and other important people would perform the rights for the gods in that room. There would be other festivals and rites that could be performed in the streets that would involve the whole town. An example of this would be the Babylonian New Years Festival. The
