Ningirsu Archive
Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Modern Tello (Telloh) was an ancient Sumerian city of Girsu, located between the Tigris and Euphrates and about 20-25 kilometers north-northwest of Lagash
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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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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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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 - Votive plaques were characteristic and widespread pieces of art in the Second and Third Early Dynastic Periods (2800-2340 BC) of Sumer. With round perforations
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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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