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In Ancient Sumer, This Force of Nature May Have Propelled the First Urban Revolution, a Surprise Discovery Reveals

New research reveals Sumer’s cities may have risen with the tides, rewriting the origin story of the world’s first ...
Greek Reporter

5,000-Year-Old Monumental Building in Iraq Sheds Light on Ancient Mesopotamia

Archaeologists uncover a monumental 5,000-year-old building in Mesopotamia’s Kani Shaie, revealing Uruk’s cultural reach.
La Brújula Verde

Monumental Ritual Structure from the Beginnings of Mesopotamian Civilization Linked to Uruk Discovered in Northeastern Iraq

A monumental structure, whose foundations date back to the dawn of urbanization in the Fertile Crescent, has been unearthed at the Kani Shaie site in the Kurdistan region of northeastern Iraq (in the ...
Science Daily

Ancient tides may have sparked humanity’s first urban civilization

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

New Research Challenges Long-Held Assumptions About the Origins of Mesopotamian Civilization

New research uncovers how ancient tides shaped the rise of Sumer. A newly released study questions established beliefs about ...
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Ancient Mesopotamian Tides Sparked the Birth of Civilization, Study Finds

Research shows that ancient tides shaped the rise of Sumer, the world’s first civilization. Shifting deltas and tidal rhythms ...
Greek Reporter

Sumer, the Cradle of Civilization, May Have Risen Because of the Tides

A study reveals that Sumer, the cradle of civilization, rose because of natural tidal irrigation that shaped the world’s ...
insider.si.edu

Hierarchies in action : Cui bono? / edited by Michael W. Diehl

"Based upon papers presented at the Center for Archaeological Investigation's Fourteenth Annual Visiting Scholar Conference, at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale"--P. x. Contents Introduction : ...
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How on Middle-earth Were the Uruk-hai Made in The Lord of the Rings?

In watching Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, it's easy to pick up on more and more with each watch. Over the years, many have wondered about the creation of the Uruk-hai, and while we ...