The Sumerians held that kingship first descended from heaven at Eridu, home of Enki, god of fresh water.
Its mound holds temples rebuilt one on top of another over thousands of years, the oldest dating to around the sixth millennium BC.
Photos: David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Eridu
أريدو
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