Imagine standing on a vast land where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers define the boundaries. This is Mesopotamia, often called the “Birthplace of Civilization.” Thousands of years ago, in what is now ...
About 4,500 years ago, an image of the Sumerian storm god Ningirsu was engraved on a silver vessel now on view in the Getty Villa Museum exhibition “Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins.” ...