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My daughter cried when ISIS smashed artefacts from Museums in Iraq. One of the worst things was the destruction of the Library, made of stone covered in Cuneiform which was scattered. However much has been done since then to put it all together as many of the writings were recorded elsewhere. I was impressed by a very young man recreating and mending the large statues of the bulls with human heads and arms. He was so enthusiastic and doing such a good job. People who live in these places care as much as we do and very much to put things right. When war has gone, people will want to visit and spend their money in Iraq to see all these wonderful artefacts. I am sorry for the whole world has lost the oldest remains of Civilisation in the whole world. However the Library of Ashurbanipal at Nineveh has been put together again, and Nineveh is the true location of the Hanging Gardens. Read, "The Mystery of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon" by Stephanie Dalley, who writes and reads Cuneiform. Cynthia McLaglen
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I love southern Iraq, I love its culture, I love the civilization of Sumer and I'm really grateful to be one of them.
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Really shows why the Bible' s account of Abram/Abraham's life was so significant. He trusted God enough to leave a sophisticated society. Abraham was such an unusual man that the Bible refers to him as a supreme example of faith in God, in spite of his flaws.
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Hello.. I am Sinan Labib from Mesopotamia, the land of Ur, Babylon and Uruk, the land of Sumer, Assyria and Akkad. From the lineage of Nimrod, Nebuchadnezzar and Hammurabi, the country of the Prophet Adam and Abraham, the land of Noah.. I regret what happened to my country.
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I saw this exhibit at the St. Louis Art Museum 10 years ago and it made quite an impression. I'm so glad this is on YouTube to revisit!
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Excellent! One of the better Archeological presentations I've seen so far on YouTube...Well Done!
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This was an amazing film, very informative and so well done. Thank you for sharing so those of us who’ll never get to go there can get a sense of this ancient treasure.
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Abraham, Ram and the Thicket art. Fantastic.
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Thank you ! It`s the best I found about Ur.
And the monody-music is so well chosen.
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In 2003 I was fortunate to visit Ur, and actually live near the ruins for a short time. Unfortunately it was during a war that I was there to fight. It was an amazing experience either way. At the time I really didn't understand the significance of the place that I was staying. I later realized it's importance, and would love to return someday if possible.
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I feel so sorry for Iraq. So many of it's treasures were wrecked because of the war. A little like the art etc that was destroyed in various museums in Berlin in World War II. Plus now with ISIS destroying ancient art in Iraq it's just terrible. I saw ISIS on TV just taking hammers etc to the beautiful statuary of Mesopotamia. What a shame
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Very well represented . Thank you . It is a Weird feeling to be from this land . It feels So powerful yet so painful to be from Mesopotamia…
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The depth of those sites is what's got my head spinning.
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I wish This documentary is longer.
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10 years later and still stunning.
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I really want to go to the places where these ancient civilisations located and travel back in time. However, there are wars and political unrest everywhere and it's not safe for us to go as a small group. Hopefully one day in future I would be able to visit these ancient sites and they are still there, not destroyed by wars or natural disasters.
P.S. The song sang by a woman in the background is amazing! It kept distracting me from listening to the words of the speaker. How wonderful singing it is! I wonder what language it is in and who the singer is.
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Very interesting, I wasn't aware that the city Ur had queens, It would be a interesting documentary if there was some back story regarding their Queens.
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thank you sir
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Imagine what life was like for Abraham and his wife Sarah when they lived in Ur. The houses were three stories tall and very nice, compared to houses in other towns.
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@jimmieleeacre1450
1 year ago
It really is an incredible and beautiful site. For a few years my band played USO shows all over the world and finally made it to Iraq in 2005. We flew commercially from L.A. to Kuwait, played a show at Camp Virginia, then flew Military to Tallil, Iraq. After getting settled in one of the reps for the base said "There are some pretty awesome ruins just outside of the wire and we set up a tour if you want to go.". I was ecstatic as ancient human history is my favorite subject. My singer Brandt and I went and the other 2 decided to stay in their rooms to sleep (which the kick themselves over to this day). We started at the Ziggurat and it was breathtaking, especially being at the top and looking at the rest of the site. We then went to the Temple of Nanna and entered through "the world's oldest known arched doorway.". From there we went to the ruins of the Palace and that's where the story gets crazy. Brandt and I noticed the horizon to the West was black. When we asked about it they said it was a sandstorm, but too far away to be concerned about and that it was at least an hour and a half away. They turned out to be wrong. Having confidence that the storm wasn't an issue, we next went to the tombs of a King on one side and Queen on the other. Amazing brick work and worth a search. As we descended the stairs towards the King's tomb a huge owl shoots out of the doorway and floats away from us showing off it's giant wingspan. As if the experience wasn't epic enough. After visiting the King's tomb and inspecting some owl pellets left by our friend, we went and took a quick look at the Queen's tomb before taking the wooden stairs back up to surface level. We had been down in the tombs for maybe 30 to 45 minutes and as we surfaced, we had the hard realization just how wrong they were about the sand storm. The sand in Iraq is incredibly fine, referred to as "Moon Dust", and had the consistency of baking flour. It was everywhere and to make matters worse, it started to rain. Big fat drops of desert rain, mixing with the super fine sand, and turning into falling mud. We're in a Biblical city, after seeing a huge owl fly out of a King's tomb, in the middle of a sand storm, getting pelted by giant drops of falling mud. It was the time of my life! We quickly ran up to the structure that they believe to be Abraham's house, took a quick look, and quickly jump into the van to cut our visit short, and head back to the base. It was a wonderful day. If you made it this far, thank you for sharing in my memories and I hope you have an awesome day!
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