This 15-karat gold helmet was discovered in a royal tomb at Ur, but it may only have been worn for ceremonial purposes.

The ancient clay tablet from 2400 BCE was found in an ancient Mesopotamian city and revealed an unknown Sumerian mythology in ...

0 0 This article was originally published with the title “More Light on Sumerian Culture” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 141 No. 2 (August 1929), p. 151 doi:10.1038 ...

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