Historical reports have highlighted the ancient city of Kish, located in Iraq’s Babil Governorate, as one of humanity’s earliest cities and a significant cultural center during the Sumerian and Akkadian periods.
Kish, which flourished between 2900 and 2350 BCE, is believed to have been the seat of the first royal dynasties following the Great Flood, according to Sumerian mythology.
It was home to notable rulers like King Etana, described in ancient texts as “the unifier of all lands.” The city is also tied to the famed flood narrative in the Epic of Gilgamesh.
According to Dr. Maytham Al-Suwaidi, a British-American archaeological team from Oxford University and the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago conducted excavations in Kish between 1923 and 1933.
The digs, led by renowned archaeologists like Stephen Langdon, uncovered temples, ziggurats, royal tombs, and cuneiform tablets documenting the city’s political, religious, and economic life.
