(ORDO NEWS) — A team of archaeologists from the British Museum has discovered the ruins of a palace of Sumerian kings and a temple to the god of war, hunting and agriculture, Ninurta, in the province of Dhi-Qar in southern Iraq.
In a message circulated by the museum, it is said that the age of the palace is estimated at least 4.5 thousand years.
The oldest finds were discovered at the end of last year on the territory of the ancient Sumerian city of Girsu.
The city exploration project is jointly run by the British Museum, the American Getty Museum and the Iraqi authorities.
The study of the Sumerian civilization dates back to the discovery of Girsu by French archaeologists at the end of the 19th century.
The museum expressed hope that the new discovery will provide an opportunity to significantly expand the understanding of the life of the Sumerians, who created one of the first civilizations of the Ancient World.
British Museum director Hartwig Fischer said in a statement that despite the limited amount of knowledge currently available about the Sumerian world, the work at Girsu promises to “shed light on the past and enrich the future.”
The outlines of the ancient finds could be discerned using detailed aerial photography of the area using drones.
More than 200 tablets with records have already been found on the ruins of the palace, which have just begun to be studied, they have been transferred to the Baghdad Museum.
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