[Pharmboy]

Thanks for the info. Where in the bible is that city mentioned and was anything significant said about it? Also, was it in "The Fertile Crescent?" It seems to be near there based on the description...(Syria/Iraq border).

[familyop]

I don't remember where it is in the Bible, offhand, and will have to look again. From a quick search, Gilgamesh didn't reign for 800-900 years after the dating of the posted dig. Abraham didn't come along for about 1500 years (~ year 2000, if the searched info is correct). The dig mentioned might possibly have been one of the first Sumerian cities.

[familyop]

Here it is. It speaks of Nimrod.

Bereshit (Genesis) 10:10 (Tanakh, Jewish Virtual Library)
"And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar."

[Drammach]

Fertile crescent would be the area in the right of the map.. ( Hamoukar noted in red )

Source " The Hamoukar Expedition "