Posted on 04/17/2007 3:30:07 PM PDT by blam
Interesting ping
Let me see ya grillz, yea yea ya grillz!
(Ancient Egypt)??
Mesopotamia isn't Egypt. Wrong continent, for one thing.
Yup. You are correct, I have no idea what I was thinking.
Sorry Blam, meant to ping you.
LOL!
Nice .gifs!
/E/
I xould use a few drinks tonight!
- I see “Egypt” was pulled from thread title
- So my “really tall & steep” pyramid does not fit!
Ziggurant
No drinks from the poisoned pitcher, lol. Out of beer, huh?
[Mesopotamia refers to the region now occupied by modern Iraq, eastern Syria, southeastern Turkey, and Southwest Iran]
Had to look it up to be certain. Looks like my little Egyptians need to move to another thread, lol. Maybe one with ‘Cool-Ade’ drinkers.
An ancient advanced area now living in the past -
Hey, They devolved!!
[that was the worst meaning of the word, as you well know]
LOL!
Exactly!
That was never a peaceful area
Hmmmm, WHY did you pick that name, lol?
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I don't care what you needed for a master's thesis,
NO healthy person is or was going to skip happily into a tomb, drink poison, and look forward to joining their 'master' in an afterlife!
In the year 1922, an archaeologist by the name of C. Leonard Woolley unearthed interesting discoveries in the ancient Sumerian city of Ur. He unveiled 1800 graves and among them 16 tombs caught especially his attention. They were named "The Royal Tombs of Ur" after the treasures found. One of the artifacts recovered from the tombs was the famous gold and lapis lazuli bull's head lyre. Beneath the bull's head is an inlaid plaque portraying mythical animals drinking and performing. Another great find was the statue Wooley liked to call "ram caught in a thicket". The statue is made of gold, silver, lapis lazuli, copper, shell, red linestome, and bitumen. However, the tomb of Queen Puabi, and the artifacts found in her tomb were the most extraordinary. It's not just because of its richness but because it also survived through years of looting. With Queen Puabi was her intricate headdress.It was made of gold leaves, ribbons, strands of lapis lazuli, and carnelian beads. She also had a comb made out of gold, chokers, necklaces, and a pair of moon-shaped earrings. The treasures of the Tombs of Ur will remain in History as one of the most impressive cultural heritage of the Middle East. Today, the artifacts can be found at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Source: McClung Museum Special Exhibition Image: Ur, Photograph 17th January 2004, by Lasse Jensen. The Royal tombs.
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