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Map of Sargon the Great’s Akkadian empire and his mask (Deriv) — 20 Jun 2022

Res Gestae Sargonis: Sargon The Great King Of Akkad

*By Willem McLoud*

*Archaeology & Science*

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The Akkadian Empire, founded by Sargon the Great, was the very first empire the world had seen, established in ancient Mesopotamia in about 2370 BC. This empire was remembered as having been exceptionally great and powerful, with great epic tales...
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Pieter Bruegel's The Tower of Babel depicts a traditional Nimrod inspecting stonemasons. (1563) (Public Domain) — 27 Apr 2022

Babelse Verwarring: The Confusion Around The Tower Of Babel Finally Solved

*By Willem McLoud*

*Archaeology & Science*

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The Tower of Babel is one of the most well-known stories in the Bible. Many proposals as to the historical or literary origins of this narrative have been made over the years. A remarkably good case could be put forward that historically it dates...
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The Sumerian Pantheon. ( Fredsvenn) — 03 Jun 2020

The Nephilim Tradition From Ancient Sumer

*By Willem McLoud*

*Archaeology & Science*

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The oldest literary tradition about great heroic kings claiming to have been scions of the gods dates back to the Sumerian King List in which the First Dynasty of Uruk is described as having been descended from the sun god, Utu. There are, however,...
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Mesopotamian king as Master of Animals on the Gebel el-Arak Knife, dated circa 3300-3200 BC, Abydos, Egypt. (CC BY-SA 2.0) — 27 Nov 2019

The House of Uruk, Greatest of Sumerian Heroes

*By Willem McLoud*

*Archaeology & Science*

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The greatest of all Sumerian heroes were said to have belonged to the first House of Uruk. For the Sumerians, this House of Uruk was not just another royal house, for them it was one of the greatest Sumerian dynasties ever to have ruled over Sumer,...
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08 Mar 2017

The Man Who Wished to Own the World – Eannatum: The First Conqueror? Part II

*By Cam Rea*

*History & Tradition*

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The city of Lagash was located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of the city Uruk. Lagash was a fertile area, with irrigation canals feeding its crops via the Shatt al-Gharraf channel that filtered in water from...
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Uruk

Res Gestae Sargonis: Sargon The Great King Of Akkad

Babelse Verwarring: The Confusion Around The Tower Of Babel Finally Solved

The Nephilim Tradition From Ancient Sumer

The House of Uruk, Greatest of Sumerian Heroes

The Man Who Wished to Own the World – Eannatum: The First Conqueror? Part II