Lagash Archaeological Project
Very cool. That composite map is interesting.
Such archaeological treasures all through Iraq.
I worked in Baghdad for a number of years, doing security.
They’ve said that the marshland created by the convergence of the Tigris and Euphrates could create one of the most incredible waterfowl hunting locations in the world. One where people would pay 1000s to come and have the opportunity to hunt. Much the same way folks travel to Africa and Central/South America to hunt.
Nope...folks stuck in the 3rd century can’t see past the end of their noses.
And that is in addition to all the religious sites in the country, that would be a once in a lifetime trip for so many, that they’d pay whatever is asked. Some of which I had the opportunity to see.
Insane.
This paper smells of M O N E Y !
Doh, Mesopotamian settlements progressed upstream precisely because of the silt build up.
My understanding is that what sank the sumerians was that their fields became too salty after two milleniums of farming. A lot of desert in southern iraq was once farmed. The sumerians were not a semetic people. But they were the people of abraham’s father.
