57. What is Known About the Ubaid Phenomenon? Part 6, rev. 1
Painted pottery excavated at Ubaid cemetery at Ur by Sir Leonard Woolley. Source. Preview of…
56. Tell Sabi Abyad and the Halaf Phenomenon. Origins of Sumer. Part 5.
Halaf Culture Bowl and Plate From Arpachiyah. 5500-5000 BC. British Museum. Preview of this post. Last…
55. Ubaid Prosper in South Mesopotamia while Halaf Spread in North. Part 4.
Preview of this post. In the last post, we saw 800 miles of Tigris-Euphrates Valley…
54. South Mesopotamia Part 3: the Genesis of the Sumerian People at Dilmun.
Preview of this Post. In the last post, we introduced the Sumerian people by examining…
53. South Mesopotamia: Halaf, Ubaid, Uruk Periods & Susa, Ur, Eshnunna. Part 2.
Sumer and Akkad in Southern Mesopotamia. Credit © 2008 P L Kessler Preview of this Post.…
52. Southern Mesopotamia: Susa, Ur, and Eshnunna.
Civilization East of Mesopotamian Delta called Elam, Susiana, Susa, Persia in different eras. I am conflicted…
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51. Archaeology from Mount Karkas to Southern Mesopotamia.
Geography for this Post Highlighted in Yellow Blue Modern Place Names shown beside Black Fictional Names Last week, we began our 50-week journey…
50. Fertile Crescent cities 3,203 B.C.
The Fertile Crescent with cities and features as named in the Raising Up Pharaoh epic…
49. Archaeological Hubris Can Lead To Fatuous Generalizations.
I said last week that I’d bought two books written by Dr. Breasted, and would…
48. James Henry Breasted, founder of the Oriental Institute
Dr. Breasted, shown on the left photographing King Thutmose inscriptions (1524 BC) during the 1906-7…