Archaeologists Unearthed An Ancient Network of Canals Beneath the World’s First City
With the canals irrigating more than 700 ancient farms sometime between the sixth and early first millennium B.C., the farm sizes ranged from 5,000 square feet all the way to over ...
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Ancient genetics—Was Gilgamesh a mosaic?
We are fortunate in that both the Gilgamesh Epic and Sumerian King List mention Gilgamesh in correct name and also in correct time (i.e., postdiluvian or postflood). They also both name his father ...
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What was the Ancient Sumer civilisation?
They were written thousands of years ago on clay tablets. This Sumerian King List prism is from around 2004BC-1595BC. The Sumerian King List is a group of clay prisms with names of Sumerian cities ...