HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GALLERIES
IRAQ'S ANCIENT PAST
Ancient Mesopotamia lay across the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in what is today Iraq and Syria. The flood plain of the two rivers in southern Iraq today is the traditional location of the Biblical "Garden of Eden" and throughout history has long been known as the "cradle of civilization” Pastures and irrigated fields were the floodplain's only real resources; hard woods, stone, metals, etc. all had to be imported. Yet from this unpromising landscape rose the foundation of western civilization, including the world's first cities and earliest writing system. Ur was the home of the moon god Nanna and the traditional home of the old Testament’s patriarch Abraham. It was also among the most powerful and prosperous of the southern Mesopotamian city states. In over 150 years of archaeological work in Mesopotamia, no other excavation has generated as much public and media interest. Even the author Agatha Christie, was drawn to the remote site, which includes the 4,500 year-old tombs of the Royal Cemetery of Ur, with their rich contents of gold and evidence of human sacrifice.
Ancient Mesopotamia lay across the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in what is today Iraq and Syria. The flood plain of the two rivers in southern Iraq today is the traditional location of the Biblical "Garden of Eden" and throughout history has long been known as the "cradle of civilization” Pastures and irrigated fields were the floodplain's only real resources; hard woods, stone, metals, etc. all had to be imported. Yet from this unpromising landscape rose the foundation of western civilization, including the world's first cities and earliest writing system.

Ur* was the home of the moon god Nanna* and the traditional home of the old Testament’s patriarch Abraham. It was also among the most powerful and prosperous of the southern Mesopotamian city states.

In over 150 years of archaeological work in Mesopotamia, no other excavation has generated as much public and media interest. Even the author Agatha Christie, was drawn to the remote site, which includes the 4,500 year-old tombs of the Royal Cemetery of Ur, with their rich contents of gold and evidence of human sacrifice.
Ancient Mesopotamia lay across the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in what is today Iraq and Syria. The flood plain of the two rivers in southern Iraq today is the traditional location of the Biblical "Garden of Eden" and throughout history has long been known as the "cradle of civilization” Pastures and irrigated fields were the floodplain's only real resources; hard woods, stone, metals, etc. all had to be imported. Yet from this unpromising landscape rose the foundation of western civilization, including the world's first cities and earliest writing system. Ur* was the home of the moon god Nanna* and the traditional home of the old Testament’s patriarch Abraham. It was also among the most powerful and prosperous of the southern Mesopotamian city states. In over 150 years of archaeological work in Mesopotamia, no other excavation has generated as much public and media interest. Even the author Agatha Christie, was drawn to the remote site, which includes the 4,500 year-old tombs of the Royal Cemetery of Ur, with their rich contents of gold and evidence of human sacrifice.Ancient Mesopotamia lay across the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in what is today Iraq and Syria. The flood plain of the two rivers in southern Iraq today is the traditional location of the Biblical "Garden of Eden" and throughout history has long been known as the "cradle of civilization” Pastures and irrigated fields were the floodplain's only real resources; hard woods, stone, metals, etc. all had to be imported. Yet from this unpromising landscape rose the foundation of western civilization, including the world's first cities and earliest writing system. Ur* was the home of the moon god Nanna* and the traditional home of the old Testament’s patriarch Abraham. It was also among the most powerful and prosperous of the southern Mesopotamian city states. In over 150 years of archaeological work in Mesopotamia, no other excavation has generated as much public and media interest. Even the author Agatha Christie, was drawn to the remote site, which includes the 4,500 year-old tombs of the Royal Cemetery of Ur, with their rich contents of gold and evidence of human sacrifice.
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