INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN-- Archaeologists have just recently discovered the remains of a lost Sumerian palace in the ancient city of Girsu in southern
Iraq.The 4,500-year-old palace was revealed by a team led by Dr
Sebastien Rey of the British Museum
This palace is thought to hold the crucial to reading more about among the earliest known civilizations, the Guardian reported on Friday.The
British Museums director called it among the most interesting websites he had actually ever been to, but the archaeologist who discovered
a long-lost Sumerian temple in the ancient city of Girsu claims he was implicated of making it up and wasting money.The Lord Palace of the
Kings of the ancient Sumerian city Girsu-- now located in Tello, was discovered throughout fieldwork last year by British and Iraqi
Along with the ancient city, more than 200 cuneiform tablets were discovered, consisting of administrative records of the ancient city.Rey
stated that when he first raised the job at international conferences, nobody believed him
Everyone generally told me, Oh no youre making it up, youre squandering your time, youre wasting British Museum UK federal government
financing-- thats what they were informing me, he said.The ancient Sumerians, who between 3,500 and 2,000 BC developed writing, constructed
the very first cities and produced the very first codes of law, built Girsu, among the earliest recognized cities in the history of mankind
The ruins of the ancient city were initially found 140 years back, but ever since, they have actually been the target of theft and
unapproved excavations.The finding is the result of the Girsu Project, an archeological partnership, established in 2015, led by the British
Museum, and funded by the LA-based Getty Museum.Together with the discovery of the palace and the tablets, the main temple committed to the
Sumerian god, Ningirsu, was likewise determined
Prior to this pioneering fieldwork, its presence was known just from ancient engravings discovered along with the first successful
excavation of the ancient city.The ancient citys website in southern Iraq was one of the most fascinating websites Ive ever checked out,
according to Hartwig Fischer, the director of the British Museum.He stated: The cooperation between the British Museum, the state board of
antiquities and heritage of Iraq, and the Getty represents an important new way of building cooperative cultural heritage tasks globally
While our understanding of the Sumerian world stays limited today, the work at Girsu and the discovery of the lost palace and temple hold
enormous potential for our understanding of this essential civilization, shedding light on the past and notifying the future
The Sumerians, who lived in Mesopotamia in ancient Egypts eastern Mediterranean, made lots of significant technological advances, consisting
of the development of writing and time measurement.AFM
