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Eridu is an archaeological site in southern Iraq, traditionally regarded in Sumerian mythology as the world's first city and the dwelling place of Enki, the god of wisdom and water. Excavations in the 1940s under the direction of the Iraqi Directorate of Antiquities revealed a sequence of temples da...
Nippur was an ancient Mesopotamian city in present-day Iraq and a major religious center associated with Enlil, the Sumerian god of wind and authority. Its temples and administrative buildings were used across many centuries, while excavations recovered tens of thousands of cuneiform tablets. The si...
Neolithic Yangshao culture village near Xi'an, China, dated to c. 4500 BCE, featuring semi-subterranean dwellings, pottery kilns, and evidence of early agricultural society.
