Art & Images 2

A torque pair with lion-head terminals.

Some of the cloisonne inlays survive. Achaemenid grave at Susa, 4th c. B.C. (Paris: Louvre). 20 cm. [AchÃ"mids and Medes] [images] [AchÃ"menid metal working and coinage]...

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Boardgame (Ur)

This boardgame, found in the Royal Tombs of Ur, is perhaps the oldest in the world. [THE ROYAL TOMBS OF UR] [Near East] [Art] [Archaeology] [Architecture]...

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Sumerian streets and markets

were busy with life-sustaining trade. [Near East] [Art] [Archaeology] [Architecture]...

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The "Epic of Gilgamesh" (Ur)

The "Epic of Gilgamesh" is perhaps the oldest known story in the world. It centered on a legendary king from the Sumerian city-state of Uruk. Later Mesopotamian civilizations adopted this myth as their own. It was finally written down on clay tablets like the one above, in the wedge-shaped written language of cuneiform. [THE ROYAL TOMBS OF UR] [N...

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Ziggurat (Ur)

The Sumerian city-state of Ur contained an enormous mountain temple, known as a ziggurat, to honor the moon-god, Nanna. [Near East] [Art] [Archaeology] [Architecture]...

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The city-state of Ur

Most Sumerian cities were surrounded by high walls to keep out would-be invaders. The city-state of Ur is believed to have also been surrounded by a great moat. [Near East] [Art] [Archaeology] [Architecture]...

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Gold coin.

AchÃ"menid daric showing a warrior, perhaps based on Elam model. [AchÃ"mids and Medes] [images] [AchÃ"menid metal working and coinage]...

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A harp, made in the image of a bull (Ur)

[THE ROYAL TOMBS OF UR] [Near East] [Art] [Archaeology] [Architecture]...

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Palace relief of Tiglathpileser III, king of Assyria

Stone panel Attacking on an enemy town. Assyrian Bureaucrats 8th C BC palace relief from the British Museum showing scribes entering the spoils of war. [Near East] [Art] [Archaeology] [Architecture]...

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Ram-in-the-thicket (Ur)

[THE ROYAL TOMBS OF UR] [Near East] [Art] [Archaeology] [Architecture]...

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