4,500-Year-Old Sumerian Palace Discovered in Iraq Desert

[Judi Lynn]

By
Nisha Zahid
February 6, 2024



4,500-Year-Old Sumerian Palace Discovered in Iraq Desert. Credit: Public Domain

A Sumerian palace discovered recently in modern-day Iraq dates back 4,500 years and is considered to contain the key to understanding one of the first civilizations in human history.

Since 2015, a team of British Museum-affiliated archaeologists has been excavating the site formerly known as Tello, where the ancient city of Girsu once stood, in the southern plains of Iraq.

Ancient Sumerians
Ancient Sumerians are often recognized for laying the groundwork for modern civilization, and recent excavations in Girsu have brought Mesopotamian archaeology to the cusp of this period.

Between 3,500 and 2,000 B.C.E., the Sumerians are widely credited with developing the first written language and enacting the first written legal code.

Their contributions to and achievements in the arts, religion, science, mathematics, architecture, and social organization provided a foundation for other civilizations to be built in the fertile area of Mesopotamia and the surrounding area.

More:
https://greekreporter.com/2024/02/06/4500-year-old-sumerian-palace-discovered-iraq-desert/

(Clearly this area was overlooked by those who wanted to bomb Iraq down to a sheet of glass to smoke all those "terrorists" )

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Shush, or the US will bomb it to smithereens.

[Red Mountain]

4. Not likely

but ISIS sure would.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. "all those "terrorists" )"

Twice!

[Raven123]

3. Very interesting

I wish more sites had climactic and geographical features favorable for such preservation over time.