A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Lugalzagesi, who reigned c. 2341 BC – 2316 BC and lived in the mid-fourteenth century BC, was a Sumerian king who came to
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Enmerkar is a mythological, semi-historical character, from Sumerian legends. He represents the first dynasty (3500 – 2750 BC), including great Mesopotamian heroes, including
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Only fragmentary but still very interesting Babylonian myth tells the story of a gigantic bird with a lion’s head, whose flapping wings were
MessageToEagle.com – Sumerian writing was invented in the second half of the fourth millennium BC. Initially it was used to write Sumerian language; later, however, it was also
MessageToEagle.com – Ancient ruins and mounds of Mesopotamia have revealed many precious artifacts, thousands of tablets, statuettes, and various other treasures which are now in the Louvre. Among
MessageToEagle.com – Lugal-anne-mundu (Lugalannemundu) (ca. 25th century BC) was a powerful king and a great leader, who restored Sumer to its former glory. His influence spread over a
MessageToEagle.com – An untouched by looters through several millennia, a remarkable, intact tomb was discovered by Leonard Woolley during his excavations at the “Royal Cemetery of Ur” between
MessageToEagle.com – White Temple was located in the sacred precinct of the god Anu in the ancient Sumerian city of Uruk (now, Warka), Iraq, which was home of
MessageToEagle.com – World’s oldest dictionaries come from the Akkadian Empire. The dictionaries are about 4,500-year-old and were discovered in Ebla, one of the earliest kingdoms in Syria. They written
MessageToEagle.com – The oldest evidence of printing is the stamping of inscriptions into the soft clay of bricks before firing. This was done by Sumerian Naram-Sîn of Akkad
MessageToEagle.com – The kings mentioned in the “Sumerian King List” are also attested in other important, historiographical sources. The so-called “Tummal Inscription” (also known as “Tummal Chronicle”) that dates
Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – Shamash was the Sun god in the mythology of the ancient Near East. He was associated with truth, justice, and healing and was one of the
MessageToEagle.com – In Mesopotamian mythology, Gilgamesh is a demigod of superhuman strength who built the city walls of Uruk to defend his people from external threats, and traveled
First version of this article was originally published on October 9, 2014 MessageToEagle.com – Late Zecharia Sitchin will always be remembered as a brilliant scholar, researcher and author who
MessageToEagle.com – The Sumerian texts state that “When Kingship was lowered from Heaven” after the Deluge, “Kingship was in Eridu.” Eridu was situated astride the Thirtieth Parallel as
MessageToEagle.com – Ur-Nammu reigned 2047-2030 BC and was the founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur in Sumer. He initiated the so-called Ur III Period (2047-1750 BC) also known
MessageToEagle.com – Mysterious ancient city of Ebla (“White Rock”) existed thousand years before biblical time of Kings David and Solomon. The Assyrians led by Sargon of Akkad’s grandson Naram-Sin (ca. 2240
MessageToEagle.com – Did ancient Sumerians observe and record the impact of the Aten asteroid over 5,000 years ago? For over 150 years scientists have tried to solve the mystery
