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…
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…
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…
47. Sumerian Mythology and the Emergence of Religion from Prehistory
Some Excellent Videos Worth Seeing. First, I must share with you the splendid BBC dramatized documentary…
45. (REVISED) Artifacts and Language, Scientific Method and Preconceptions
Archaeological Artifacts Only Hint at the Story, Language Speaks it Boldly The above cuneiform letter…
43. Reader’s Comment to Post 42 and Reply
Comment “This blog has been great up to this point. It has been a remarkable…
42. West making same mistake as Indus Valley Civilization 4,000 years ago.
The evidence we examined suggests that the Middle Indus Valley or Harappan Civilization was homegrown…