Archaeologists in Tello excavating the 4,500-year-old Sumerian city of Girsu unearthed a long-lost temple sanctuary and palace, photos show. Sébastien Rey Photo from The Girsu Project via The British ...

An aerial view of the Sumerian temple. Archaeologists in Iraq have unearthed the remains of a 4,500-year-old Sumerian temple dedicated to Ningirsu, the Mesopotamian god of springtime thunder, the ...

A brick structure unearthed by early 20th-century archaeologists at Girsu in southern Iraq once served as the foundation of a bridge that spanned an ancient canal.(D. Tagen, Tello-Girsu Project, Iraq ...

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In southern Iraq, archaeologists have excavated a remarkable collection of carved clay tablets—ancient records of Akkadia, ...

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The find in Tello in the south of Iraq is the result of the Girsu Project and the renewed fieldwork after decades of interruption discovered more than 200 cuneiform tablets, rescued from 19th century ...

Worn away by weather and beaten down by the steady passing of time, an important ancient temple lived on through written records. The sanctuary’s location eluded archaeologists who obsessively ...

In southern Iraq, archaeologists have excavated a remarkable collection of carved clay tablets—ancient records of Akkadia, the world’s oldest empire. Marked with the administrative details of ...