Western Civilization I The Ancient Near East Mesopotamian Religion
Ziggurat of Ur. Ca 2100 BCE.
Giza, Pyramids. Ca BCE.
Sumerian statues (ca 2500 BCE), cm high. Chicago, Oriental Institute.
Ram in the Thicket. Ur. Mid 3d mill BCE. Lyre. Ur. Ca B.C. The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Priests carrying a festival barque in a relief from the Temple of Ramesses II (13 th cent BCE).
Law Code of Hammurabi ( ), 2.2 m high. Paris, Louvre.
Etruscan model liver. Piacenza, Museo Civico. Origin story from the Enûma Eliš Apsu (sweet primeval waters) + Tiamat (salt primeval waters) Lahmu ("slime," "mud") + Lahamu ("silt") Anshar ("whole sky") + Kishar ("whole earth”) Anu ("sky") + Ki (“earth”)
Egypt: Giza and satellite image of the Nile Valley