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…
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…
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…
41. Religion was serious business in the ancient world—and still is today.
King Tutankhamen’s 3rd (innermost) of 3 nesting coffins There was a ton and a half of…
40. Different Paths to Different Outcomes.
Over the past year, I described the physical and cultural world 5,203 years ago in…