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Once the heart of Sumerian civilization, the Great Ziggurat of Ur rose above the Mesopotamian plains 4,000 years ago. Built to honor the moon god Nanna, this stepped temple stood as both a place of ...

IN writing this study of Abraham, Sir Leonard Woolley evidently had in mind the class of readers who seek in archaeology evidence which will confirm Bible narrative. As he is careful to explain at the ...

Mesopotamia, located in the fertile valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, was one of the cradles of civilization around 6000 years ago and the birthplace of the first writing system. Each ...