A Jacobin investigation reveals how Iraq’s southern marshes, the birthplace of early civilization, face ruin from environmental and political mismanagement. As the water disappears, so too does ...

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BAGHDAD — An international archaeological mission has uncovered the remnants of what is believed to be a 5,000-year-old restaurant or tavern in the ancient city of Lagash in southern Iraq.

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PhillyVoice Staff History Museums Provided Image/Lagash Archaeology Project Penn Museum researchers have uncovered an ancient restaurant and tavern with a 5,000-year-old refrigerator in southern Iraq.

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A 5,000-year-old restaurant highlights Iraq’s archaeological renaissance A bridge believed to be about 4,000 years old, in the ancient city-state of Lagash, has been uncovered in southern Iraq.

The country’s ancient sites faced “two waves of destruction,” Jotheri said, the first after harsh international sanctions were imposed following Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait and ...