In the Enuma Elish, the Babylonian creation myth found inscribed on seven clay tablets from the 7th century BCE and excavated at Nineveh in the 19th century, Eridu, in southern Mesopotamia, is named as the world’s first city. Despite 8,000 years of occupation, today there is precious little to see at the ancient site, isolated on […]
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