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Eridu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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I chose the archeological site Eridu, now known as modern Abu Shah Rain. Eridu is 196 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq. It was the earliest known city of Sumer (Southern Mesopotamia).There are also an important group of temples in Eridu (Britannica, 1999)
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; Basalt statue of a crouching lion (ca. 3000 BCE); Typical example of ruins at Eridu; Excavations into the most ancient structures of Eridu; ... Eridu was one of the most important prehistoric centres in Mesopotamia. According to the king lists, it was the oldest city of Sumer, dating back to the 5th or 6th millennium BCE.
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The Eridu Genesis is written on a Sumerian cuneiform tablet of which about two thirds are now lost. ... The translation of the Eridu Genesis offered here is adapted from a translation by Thorkild Jacobson. After the story of the Creation of Mankind, the gods were disturbed by the noise produced by men, and the supreme...
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Please re-read all these crazy details about Iraq, because I think ERIDU is what Bush and the gang is after. It takes a couple days to let all these details sink in, so I hope people don't gloss over any details in this email.
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The Eridu Genesis is a Sumerian text. It covers the creation of the world, invention of cities and the flood. After the universe was created out of the chaos of the sea, the gods evolved and they in turn created mankind to farm, herd and worship them.
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The official website of Alan F. Alford, author of books covering ancient mythology, mysticism and the origin of world religions.
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Eridu Phase (Tell Abu Shahrain) ... The settlement at Eridu can also be regarded as proto-urban from the beginning; it grew into a substantial city by the Early Dynastic Period; and two royal palaces of this period have been excavated. Outside the temple precinct a large cemetery of the late Ubaid Period was found;
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The Sumerian city of Eridu (now called Tell Abu Shahrain) is located about 22 kilometers south of Nasiriya in Iraq, and it was first occupied about 5000 BC. ... Eridu is the oldest Sumerian city known, a capital of the Early Dynastic Period, and, according to Sumerian tradition was the city that belonged to the god Enki.
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Eridu, Iraq. A Sumerian settlement considered to be one of the very first villages of Mesopotamia and the World that started to grow into cities ... The City of Eridu is a Sumerian settlement situated about 22 km to the south of Nasiriya, and 40 km south west of the traditional site of the Garden of Eden (at present Mughair).
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