1. The Ancient Near East by
Dr. Pelin Batu

2. Map of Mesopotamia

3. Map of Mesopotamian Ancient Kingdoms

4. Map of Ancient Mesopotamian Kingdoms

5. Ishtar, Queen of Night relief

6. The Ur Ziggurat, photograph by Leonard Wooley

7. A sample of cuneiform

8. Sumerian 'Priests' or 'Votive Statues' c. 3,000 - 2,500 BC

9. A marble statue of a Sumerian priest

10. From the royal tombs of Ur, made of lapis lazuli and shell, this mosaic shows peacetime

11. Statue of a Sumerian scribe

12. Each city rose around a ziggurat dedicated to a specific god

13. Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu, ca. 2100 BCE
Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu, ca BCE. Built at Ur by King Ur-Nammu for the Sumerian moon-god

14. The Grand Staircase of the Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu

15. Female Sumerian statue found at the Abu Temple in Tell Asmar from c
Female Sumerian statue found at the Abu Temple in Tell Asmar from c BCE.

16. Another Sumerian votive sculpture

17. Sumerian votive sculptures

18. The Sumerian Pantheon

19. Sumerian God Genealogy

20. A relief of Sumerian gods

21. Anunnaki, descendants of Sky God Anu

22. Sky gods of Sumer (from Nimrod) in Alabaste

23. Humbaba, guardian of Cedar Forest