Lagash Archive
Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Excvations in the ancient Mesopotamian city of Lagash continue, and archaeologists report they have unearthed a 5,000-year-old food tavern. A close-up of the
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have previously discovered that the ancient Mesopotamian city of Lagash, which flourished nearly 5,000 years ago between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers,
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Lugalzagesi was a Sumerian king who reigned c. 2341 BC - 2316 BC and lived in the mid-fourteenth century BC. According to his
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The relief plaques - very popular in the Sumerian society - were often covered with inscriptions and were dedicated to the gods by individual
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Featured Stories
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Sumerian pantheon included many deities but initially, the most important of them were Anu, Enlil, Enki, and Ninhursag. In this article, we present
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In 1881, an intriguing artifact known as the "stone club head of Mesilim" was unearthed at Tall Luh (Tello) site, covering the ruins
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Ancient Symbols
Angela Sutherland - AncientPages.com - One of the most intriguing and powerful ancient symbols is the mysterious double-headed eagle that has been with us for millennia. It is believed
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Urukagina (or Uruinimgina), an illegitimate and controversial claimant to power, ruled only some years (c.2352 - 2342 BC or c. 2700 BC, in older
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Artifacts
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Just as in ancient Egypt, music played a very important role in Assyria and Babylonia. While the Egyptians believed that music was the voice
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