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  2. Uruk - Wikipedia

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    Uruk, the archeological site known today as Warka, was an ancient city in the Near East, located east of the current bed of the Euphrates River, on an ancient, now-dried channel of the river. The site lies 93 kilometers (58 miles) northwest of ancient Ur , 108 kilometers (67 miles) southeast of ancient Nippur , and 24 kilometers (15 miles ...

  3. List of archaeological sites by country - Wikipedia

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    Central Athens (Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Acropolis, Kerameikos, Pnyx, Colonus, Areopagus, Kallimarmaro Stadium, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Temple of Hephaestus, Ancient Agora of Athens, Roman Forum, Theatre of Dionysus)

  4. Babylonian Map of the World - Wikipedia

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    The Babylonian Map of the World (also Imago Mundi or Mappa mundi) is a Babylonian clay tablet with a schematic world map and two inscriptions written in the Akkadian language. Dated to no earlier than the 9th century BC (with a late 8th or 7th century BC date being more likely), it includes a brief and partially lost textual description.

  5. Blau Monuments - Wikipedia

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    The Blau Monuments are dated within the Uruk III/Jemdet Nasr to Early Dynastic I period.Some authors date the pair as early as 3100 BC on the basis of the Proto-Cuneiform script, while others date them to the ED I period around 2700 BC because of other stylistically similar land sale records with a definite date in the ED I period.

  6. Category:Uruk - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to Uruk, an ancient city of Sumer. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. E. Epic of Gilgamesh (2 C, 19 P) K.

  7. Category:Maps of the history of France - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Maps of the history of France" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Eight maps of Paris from Traité de la police; M.

  8. William Loftus (archaeologist) - Wikipedia

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    The work of the mission gave Loftus and his friend Henry Adrian Churchill the chance to visit ancient sites and, in 1850, to excavate for a month at Uruk (Warka) and Larsa (Senkereh), discovering the Ziggurat of Ur.

  9. Art of Uruk - Wikipedia

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    Sumerian dignitary, Uruk, circa 3300-3000 BCE. National Museum of Iraq. [3] [4] Fragment of a Bull Figurine from Uruk, c. 3000 BCEVotive sculptures in the form of small animal figurines have been found at Uruk, using a style mixing naturalistic and abstract elements in order to capture the spiritual essence of the animal, rather than depicting an entirely anatomically accurate figure.