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New breath-taking ancient temple discovered in ancient Sumeria
... of the Sumerian empire and was first excavated in southern Iraq in 1930. At about 10 miles from the city, British ... Today the city is close to the city of An Nasiriya in Iraq. You can read more here . New breath-taking ancient ...
ancient-origins - 31/03/2013 - 09:08
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Is the Assyrian Nimrud Lens the Oldest Telescope in the World?
... in 1850 at the Assyrian palace of Nimrud, in modern-day Iraq. The Nimrud lens is a 3,000-year-old piece of rock ... in 1850 at the Assyrian palace of Nimrud, in modern-day Iraq. Since its discovery over a century ago, scientists and ...
Joanna Gillan - 02/08/2022 - 14:59
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The Sumerian Military: Professionals of Weaponry and Warfare
... locations of the main cities of Sumer and Elam. (Modern Iraq) ( CC BY-SA 3.0 ) A reconstruction in the British Museum ...
Cam Rea - 17/06/2016 - 15:53
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Archaeologists discover a prehistoric brewery in China dating back 5,000 years
... recording the allocation of beer, probably from southern Iraq, Late Prehistoric period, about 3100-3000 BC ( Flickr ... and clay vessels modeled after artifacts excavated in Iraq. They successfully malted barley on the roof of the ...
Mark Miller - 25/05/2016 - 21:40
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Mathematician Finds Pythagorean Triples On Ancient Babylonian Tablet
... a 3,700-year-old Babylonian clay tablet map recovered in Iraq more than 100 years ago, Dr. Daniel Mansfield has ... the ancient state of Babylonia in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq and Syria ) from the 19th century BC through the 16th ...
Nathan Falde - 05/08/2021 - 22:50
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12 Jaw-Dropping Helmets from the Ancient World
... the Powerful King of Kish . It was discovered in 1924 in Iraq in the Royal Cemetery at Ur. It was hammered up from a ...
Joanna Gillan - 03/09/2022 - 18:45
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Ten Amazing Artifacts Reveal the Secrets of the Ancient World
... Milošević/ CC BY-SA 4.0 ) The Ubaid Lizard (5,000 BC, Iraq) In the early 20th century, archaeologists were ... excavating at the Tell Al’Ubaid archaeological site in Iraq when they made an unusual discovery – numerous ... Lizard-headed nude woman nursing a child, from Ur, Iraq, 4000 BC. Right: Female clay figurines from the Ubaid ...
Joanna Gillan - 24/04/2024 - 22:55
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Clear Evidence of 4,000-Year-Old Trading Post Unearthed Near Abu Dhabi
... years ago and belong to a period when the UAE, Bahrain, Iraq, and south Asia were involved in an enormous maritime ... from the Shatt Al Arab, a river in what is now southern Iraq, to India and the east. "Our recent excavation on Sir ...
Theodoros Karasavvas - 05/06/2017 - 22:55
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The Baghdad battery
... and highly debated artefacts of the Baghdad Museum in Iraq is a clay pot. It is 5-6 inches high and encapsulates a ... use of such device? It is important to remember that Iraq is considered to be the location of both the Garden of ...
johnblack - 30/01/2013 - 04:15
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Mighty Gilgamesh: Archetype Of The Nephilim
... From the Shara temple at Tell Agrab, Diyala Region, Iraq. Early Dynastic period, 2600–2370 BC. On display at the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad. ( Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin / CC BY-SA 4.0 ...
Willem McLoud - 13/01/2021 - 19:46
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Ancient Mesopotamian Bricks Record 3,000-Year-Old Geomagnetic Anomaly
... ancient bricks from Mesopotamia, specifically modern-day Iraq, point to a dramatic spike in the Earth’s magnetic ... high magnetic intensity between 1050-550 BC in modern-day Iraq. “We often depend on dating methods such as ...
Sahir - 19/12/2023 - 13:55
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Ancient Legacy And Future Applications Of Glass
... dates back to at least 3,600 years ago in Mesopotamia (Iraq ), however, some archaeologists claim that the ... in Egypt, Mycenaean Greece and Mesopotamia (Syria and Iraq). In life, the pharaohs of ancient Egypt surrounded ...
ashley cowie - 13/05/2022 - 19:21
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The Mysterious Gardens of Babylon may not have been in Babylon at All!
... north of that location in Nineveh, on the Tigris River, Iraq. The fabled gardens were attributed to the ... the Sunni minority and the Shiite-led government of Iraq, rendering archaeological work impossible. By April ...
aprilholloway - 02/06/2013 - 01:44
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Ancient Transmissions Of The History Of The Constellations
... era, 35,000 BC. Star list with distance information, Uruk (Iraq), 320-150 BC, the list gives each constellation, the ...
Dr Marion Dolan - 18/03/2022 - 16:16
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Sumerians Used Straws to Drink Beer from Shared Vessels!
... beneath. A drinking straw from the Royal Cemetery of Ur, Iraq, consisting of alternating gold foil and lapis lazuli ...
Joanna Gillan - 03/11/2023 - 21:59
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Was the Garden of Eden a Real Place?
... of mankind’s original home include numerous sites in Iraq and around the Persian Gulf, Bahrain, Iran, Anatolia, ... Euphrates are well known, they flow from Turkey through Iraq and into the Persian Gulf. But the Pishon and Gihon do ...
David Millar - 06/06/2016 - 15:50
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The Brilliantly Blue Lapis Lazuli: Precious Gem Prized by Elites
... ) In nearby Mesopotamia, near the Euphrates River in lower Iraq, the ancient royal Sumerian tombs of Ur contain a huge ... Cylinder Seal recovered from the royal cemetery of Ur, Iraq 2550-2450 BCE (Mary Harrsch / CC BY 2.0 ) Lapis in ...
Sahir - 12/11/2022 - 00:59
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Less Ice and Low Water Levels Reveal Hidden Treasures – At A Price
... revealed by huge drops in the level of the Tigris River in Iraq. ( © Universities of Freiburg and Tübingen, KAO ) ... story repeated itself. Extreme drought like conditions in Iraq caused the water levels of the Tigris to drop rapidly, ...
Sahir - 17/08/2022 - 01:59
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The Riddle of the Roman Holey Jar – Why Would A Vessel Be Full of Holes?
... a Roman production. Ruins in the Town of Ur, Southern Iraq. (M.Lubinski / CC BY-SA 2.0 ) A Glirarium? As for the ...
dhwty - 27/12/2018 - 14:00
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Beyond Myth and Legend: Tracing the Footsteps of Unicorns in Ancient Cultures
... city of Ur. Wall motifs of ancient Babylon, Hillah, Iraq. ( focusandblur / Adobe Stock) Sumerian friezes dating ...
Alfonso Colasuonno - 05/07/2023 - 19:01