But, it was eventually abandoned due to rising salt levels. Even though it’s gone, Eridu is a key site for learning about Sumerian history. The Grandeur of Ur and its Ziggurat Ur became a major city ...

Eridu, and Larsa were some of the largest. Each city-state had its own ruler. Cities were surrounded by walls to protect them from attack. Each city had a temple in its centre called a Ziggurat.

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There’s a name for that feeling you get after spending too long scrolling aimlessly, and Oxford University Press (OUP) has chosen it as its word for the year for 2024. “Brain rot” took the ...

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A group called The Proxies plays an extremely important role in New Eridu. And, as Hoyoverse invites you to ‘live dual identities, two opposing personas’, you, the player, take the role of a proxy in ...

In this extract from the documentary Persians: A History of Iran, we look at the Ziggurat of Chogha Zanbil - a man-made mountain palace created 3,000 years ago by the Elamites in Iran. Watch the ...

Narrator: Hello, future people of the UK. Would you like to visit me at the dawn of civilisation in ancient Sumer? Well, to do that, you’ve got to travel back in time. Back before the Vikings ...

A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron. Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men ...