Modern name: Umm al Aqarib Geographic coordinate: 31.621105°N 45.933446°E Governatorate – District – Sub-district: Dhi-Qar – Al-Rifa’i. Nearest City: Seven kilometers south-east of Umma and 30 kilometers west of modern Al Rifa’i. 30 km south-west of modern Qalat Sukar.[...]
ottobre 3rd, 2015 - 17:51 § in Archaeostory
TITLING OF MESOPOTAMIAN KING-TITOLATURA DEI RE MESOPOTAMICI
Archaeological discoveries have allowed to identify the names of the ancient Mesopotamian rulers since the third millennium B.C. They substantially are three: En “Lord” Ensi (Akkadian ishshi’akkum) “governator” Lugal (Akkadian sharrum) “great man” All [...]
settembre 28th, 2015 - 09:08 § in Iraq
TELL JOKHA-UMMA
Modern name: Tell Jokha Ancient name: Umma Geographic coordinate: 31° 40′ 2.7515″ – 45° 53′ 15.6300″ 31.667431° N – 45.887675° E Governatorate – District – Sub-district: Dhi-Qar – al Rifa’i. Nearest City: 22 km ca. south-west from al-Rif[...]
settembre 25th, 2015 - 13:05 § in Curiosità
AGATHA CHRISTIE THE DISCOVERY OF THE EAST-AGATHA CHRISTIE ALLA SCOPERTA DELL’ORIENTE
It’s nice to walk between the ruins of the ancient Ur, admire the huge ziggurat, discover the royal tombs excavated by Woolley. Ur, it is a site that has always fascinated researchers and archaeologists but also characters that we know as Aghata Christie, becoming the scene of a great lo[...]
settembre 21st, 2015 - 13:00 § in Iraq
TELL IBZAYKH-ZABALAM
Modern name: Tell Ibzaykh Ancient name: Zabalam Geographic coordinate: 31° 44′ 11.3999″ – 45° 52′ 16.6800″ 31.7365° N – 45.8713º E Governatorate – District – Sub-district: Dhi-Qar – al-Rifa’i – Qalat Sukar Nearest City: Zabalam is [...]
settembre 14th, 2015 - 20:15 § in Archaeostory
SHAMASH -GOD OF SUN AND JUSTICE
WHO IS SHAMASH? Shamash (Utu in Sumerian) was the god of the sun, his ancient Sumerian ideogram consisted of a solar disk between two mountain peaks. His residence was the É-Babbar (House shining) in the city of Sippar in the kingdom of Akkad; elsewhere important for God was Larsa with a Ziq[...]