1. Western Civilization I The Ancient Near East
Mesopotamian Religion

2. Ziggurat of Ur. Ca 2100 BCE.

3. Giza, Pyramids. Ca BCE.

4. https://oi.uchicago.edu/museum-exhibits
Sumerian statues (ca 2500 BCE), cm high. Chicago, Oriental Institute.

5. Ram in the Thicket. Ur. Mid 3d mill BCE. Lyre. Ur. Ca 2650 - 2550 B.C.
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

6. wikipedia
Priests carrying a festival barque in a relief from the Temple of Ramesses II (13th cent BCE).

7. Ritaroberts's Blog - WordPress.com
Late Minoan Hagia Triada Sarcophagus with detail of opposite side (14th century BCE). Herakleion Archaeological Museum.

8. Law Code of Hammurabi (1792-1749), 2.2 m high. Paris, Louvre.

9. 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”)

10. Egypt: Giza and satellite image of the Nile Valley
Wikipedia USGS
Egypt: Giza and satellite image of the Nile Valley