[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Tennessee Nana.

Gudea of Lagash may be my favorite ancient guy, I spotted him back in my barely-spent youth while looking up stuff in the Dictionary of Archaeology or whatever it's called. I've begun to straighten up the pile of lifetime debris and hope to see all my books again, soon. ;^)

Gudea was in a multigenerational dynasty, and had thousands of votive figures of himself made.

His son? grandson? was continuing the family tradition of rule when one of the none-too-neighborly neighbors marched its army over and pounded Lagash.

Those city-consuming fires they used to use in ancient Mesopotamia and elsewhere really pay off for us, because it baked the tablets, preserving the last things written on them.

[ComputerGuy]

Interesting