The weekend….time for a little history that is not mind numbing…….People think that I am fascinated with Egypt or Greece or Rome….NOT! I have always had a thing for the “Cresent” area….they were the first in so many areas……read the Saga of Gilgamesh and tell me where you have seen it before…….
I have always been a history buff, especially the area known as the “Fertile Crescent” or the “Cradle Of Civilization” such history as Sumer, Babylon, Assyrians, et al……..back in the days when I was working in the Middle East I had the fortune to visit several archeological sites in Iraq as well as the National Museum in Baghdad…..some fascinating stuff……..and now there seems to be a new find in Iraq……
(Newser) – Introducing the city of Idu, a once-thriving metropolis in what is now northern Iraq. Archeologists discovered its ruins beneath a mound in the Kurdistan region and say Idu was a major city about 3,000 years ago, reports LiveScience. It belonged to the Assyrian Empire, except for a relatively brief era of independence, and the Assyrians used it as a base from which to rule neighboring territory.
The art and inscriptions recovered paint a picture of grand palaces, with one ruler—named Ba’ilanu, for the record—boasting that his mansion was “greater than that of his fathers.” LiveScience also notes that the find is interesting for another reason: Archeological digs in northern Iraq have been few and far between for decades because of the region’s continuous conflict. Proof: Signs of Saddam Hussein’s attack on a nearby village in 1987 are still visible, say the researchers.
It is a shame that the situation in Iraq today may well make it impossible for the proper excavation of the new find….who knows what great secrets could be revealed?
