The tombs were the work of the ancient culture of Sumer ... to HeavenBuilt around 2000 B.C., when Ur was the capital of a Mesopotamian empire, the ziggurat housed a shrine to the moon god Nanna ...

Today the ruins of the great city of Ur, once an administrative ... an impressive ziggurat is nearly all that remains of the ancient Sumerian metropolis. To get here, I'd been packed into the ...

As Uruk’s power faded in the late third millennium B.C., another ancient Mesopotamian city rose ... the fourth millennium B.C. The great ziggurat of Ur, partially reconstructed today, was ...

This statue covered in gold leaf and semiprecious stones may have been used in ancient Mesopotamian sunrise rituals.

The series will include various game types from all over the world: ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Japan, Korea and many more. Advertisement The Royal Game of Ur is a 5000-year old Mesopotamian ...

Leick noted that in 1894 B.C. after the Ur-based empire ... Legitimation in Mesopotamia" (Gorgias Press, 2004). Although largely destroyed today, in ancient times the ziggurat of Etemenanki ...