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“Eridu, founded in 5,400BC, was a sacred place for millennia until finally being abandoned in the 7th century AD.”
The Guardian: Guardian young arts critic competition 2011: Our critics' picks
“When we reached Eridu, the young soldiers were as excited as I was.”
The Guardian: Guardian young arts critic competition 2011: Our critics' picks
“I finally got to Eridu just months before the 2003 invasion of Iraq.”
The Guardian: Guardian young arts critic competition 2011: Our critics' picks
“For as long as I can remember, right back to when I was a teenager trying to piece together the story of architecture, the ziggurat at Eridu had been a presence in my life.”
The Guardian: Guardian young arts critic competition 2011: Our critics' picks
“Uruk, Eridu, and Lagash suffered little or no looting; while Larsa and other sites had been extensively looted.”
“Ancient places with such Seussian names as Uruk, Eridu and Kish -- to say nothing of that ur-urban place called Ur -- were in fact the world's first real cities, the show argues, with a level of social organization that can truly be called civilized.”
“-- After Eridu in the marshlands of Iraq, I came to be called Ea.”
“Thompson is especially fascinated by Sumerian epics, including How Inanna brought the mes from Eridu to Uruk, Inanna's descent to the Netherworld, and the Epic of Gilgamesh.”
“Old Eridu was a seaport of consequence as early as 6500 B.C.”
“But it seemed incredible that some of the Arabs who've raided back and forth across Somaliland for a thousand years hadn't stumbled onto Eridu and shot it up.”
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