Hey Darth, here’s part of a magnetogram that my team and I did at the Sumerian site of Lagash in Iraq. Those black-and-white cookie looking things are jars that were dropped into a canal some 4500 years ago. Their pattern and location suggest that they may have been the cargo of a sunken boat.
September 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Hey Darth, here’s part of a magnetogram that my team and I did at the Sumerian site of Lagash in Iraq. Those black-and-white cookie looking things are jars that were dropped into a canal some 4500 years ago. Their pattern and location suggest that they may have been the cargo of a sunken boat.
Me muero si me hacen una serie con Nippur de Lagash. Sería genial.
May 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Me muero si me hacen una serie con Nippur de Lagash. Sería genial.
4400 years ago, Lagash and Umma had a disagreement. Both cities, Lagash owned the land that Umma was built on, and Umma had to pay Lagash rent.
Umma defaulted for 40 years in a row.
The king of Lagash had his numbers people total up what Umma owed: a half trillion liters of barley.
Umma defaulted for 40 years in a row.
The king of Lagash had his numbers people total up what Umma owed: a half trillion liters of barley.
April 21, 2026 at 8:39 PM
4400 years ago, Lagash and Umma had a disagreement. Both cities, Lagash owned the land that Umma was built on, and Umma had to pay Lagash rent.
Umma defaulted for 40 years in a row.
The king of Lagash had his numbers people total up what Umma owed: a half trillion liters of barley.
Umma defaulted for 40 years in a row.
The king of Lagash had his numbers people total up what Umma owed: a half trillion liters of barley.
The financial consequences were handled very well by the head of the Eridu Central Bank— Christine Lagash.
August 23, 2026 at 8:18 PM
The financial consequences were handled very well by the head of the Eridu Central Bank— Christine Lagash.
This is what a superstar magnetometry team looks like as they knock out over a hectare of magnetometry before breakfast on Tell Al-Hiba, ancient Lagash.
April 21, 2025 at 6:11 AM
This is what a superstar magnetometry team looks like as they knock out over a hectare of magnetometry before breakfast on Tell Al-Hiba, ancient Lagash.
Hot off the presses! Here’s a new article that I co-authored with my Lagash Archaeological Project colleagues on a geoarchaeological study of what we believe to be evidence of hydrological warfare in the Third Millennium BCE.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The Flooding of Lagash (Iraq): Evidence for Urban Destruction Under Lugalzagesi, the King of Uruk and Umma
High-resolution remote sensing, magnetometry, and trench stratigraphy identify a significant flood event at Lagash (modern Tell al-Hiba) during the late Early Dynastic period (ca. 2400–2350 BC). Sate...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Hot off the presses! Here’s a new article that I co-authored with my Lagash Archaeological Project colleagues on a geoarchaeological study of what we believe to be evidence of hydrological warfare in the Third Millennium BCE.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Soms schrijven de verliezers de geschiedenis. 5000 jaar geleden brak oorlog uit tussen Umma en Lagash, waarin de laatste stadstaat het zwaar kreeg te verduren. Toch komt alle informatie over deze oorlog, een van de oudst bekende uit de geschiedenis, uit Lagash.
mainzerbeobachter.com/2025/05/07/o...
mainzerbeobachter.com/2025/05/07/o...
Oorlog in Sumerië - Mainzer Beobachter
Dankzij diverse spijkerschriftteksten kennen we de oorlog tussen de Sumerische stadstaten Umma en Lagash in groot detail.
mainzerbeobachter.com
May 7, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Soms schrijven de verliezers de geschiedenis. 5000 jaar geleden brak oorlog uit tussen Umma en Lagash, waarin de laatste stadstaat het zwaar kreeg te verduren. Toch komt alle informatie over deze oorlog, een van de oudst bekende uit de geschiedenis, uit Lagash.
mainzerbeobachter.com/2025/05/07/o...
mainzerbeobachter.com/2025/05/07/o...
So, naturally Lagash went to war with Umma. Two years later, Umma was conquered.
Enmetena, King of Lagash, then announced that all consumer debts in Umma were forgiven, which rescued something like 75% of the population from debt servitude, aka slavery. Which was not a common move at the time.
Enmetena, King of Lagash, then announced that all consumer debts in Umma were forgiven, which rescued something like 75% of the population from debt servitude, aka slavery. Which was not a common move at the time.
April 21, 2026 at 8:40 PM
So, naturally Lagash went to war with Umma. Two years later, Umma was conquered.
Enmetena, King of Lagash, then announced that all consumer debts in Umma were forgiven, which rescued something like 75% of the population from debt servitude, aka slavery. Which was not a common move at the time.
Enmetena, King of Lagash, then announced that all consumer debts in Umma were forgiven, which rescued something like 75% of the population from debt servitude, aka slavery. Which was not a common move at the time.
Dat iets of iemand goed is gedocumenteerd, wil niet zeggen dat het ook belangrijk is geweest: de Sumerische koning Gudea van Lagash had z'n public relations op orde, maar dat maakt zijn regering nog niet tot een bloeiperiode.
mainzerbeobachter.com/2025/04/15/g...
mainzerbeobachter.com/2025/04/15/g...
Gudea van Lagash - Mainzer Beobachter
Eigenlijk was Gudea van Lagash een heel normale Mesopotamische koning, maar hij had z'n public relations piekfijn op orde.
mainzerbeobachter.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Dat iets of iemand goed is gedocumenteerd, wil niet zeggen dat het ook belangrijk is geweest: de Sumerische koning Gudea van Lagash had z'n public relations op orde, maar dat maakt zijn regering nog niet tot een bloeiperiode.
mainzerbeobachter.com/2025/04/15/g...
mainzerbeobachter.com/2025/04/15/g...
Lagash / #Sirpula: the rulers of #Lagash are absent from the #Sumerian king list even though the early leader, #Eannatum, built a short-lived empire out of local city states.
www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsMid...
#history #historyfiles #Mesopotamia #Sumer #Iraq #ancientneareast #NearEast #Lagash
www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsMid...
#history #historyfiles #Mesopotamia #Sumer #Iraq #ancientneareast #NearEast #Lagash
September 21, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Lagash / #Sirpula: the rulers of #Lagash are absent from the #Sumerian king list even though the early leader, #Eannatum, built a short-lived empire out of local city states.
www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsMid...
#history #historyfiles #Mesopotamia #Sumer #Iraq #ancientneareast #NearEast #Lagash
www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsMid...
#history #historyfiles #Mesopotamia #Sumer #Iraq #ancientneareast #NearEast #Lagash
Gudea, prince de Lagash
Statue dite au "vase jaillissant" dédiée à la déesse Geshtinanna
@museelouvre.bsky.social
Statue dite au "vase jaillissant" dédiée à la déesse Geshtinanna
@museelouvre.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Gudea, prince de Lagash
Statue dite au "vase jaillissant" dédiée à la déesse Geshtinanna
@museelouvre.bsky.social
Statue dite au "vase jaillissant" dédiée à la déesse Geshtinanna
@museelouvre.bsky.social
Welcome to planet Lagash! Cultural hub for the Voice of Inanna political faction in Drop Command. Steam Demo coming in 2 days! #indiegamedev #gamedev
March 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Welcome to planet Lagash! Cultural hub for the Voice of Inanna political faction in Drop Command. Steam Demo coming in 2 days! #indiegamedev #gamedev
🎁 Idée cadeau : Tablette évoquant l'envoi de laine et d'argent à Dilmun par la reine de Lagash
December 21, 2024 at 7:18 AM
🎁 Idée cadeau : Tablette évoquant l'envoi de laine et d'argent à Dilmun par la reine de Lagash
my favorite example remains the preference for using "Sin" over "Nanna" in ED Lagash as per Selz (also his old proposal Sherida's name is an Akkadian loan is fun too)
September 28, 2026 at 5:29 PM
my favorite example remains the preference for using "Sin" over "Nanna" in ED Lagash as per Selz (also his old proposal Sherida's name is an Akkadian loan is fun too)
While you served Gudea of Lagash they studied the blade
August 30, 2025 at 10:47 PM
While you served Gudea of Lagash they studied the blade
Kunst kijken. Maar dan écht: kijken!
Gudea, prins van Lagash, of 'staande Gudea met de stromende vaas' ~ neo-Sumerisch, ca. 2120 v.Chr.
Gemaakt van doleriet. (Calciet/steen)
Op het gewaad van de figuur staat een spijkerschriftinscriptie die de wijding van het standbeeld beschrijft..
Gudea, prins van Lagash, of 'staande Gudea met de stromende vaas' ~ neo-Sumerisch, ca. 2120 v.Chr.
Gemaakt van doleriet. (Calciet/steen)
Op het gewaad van de figuur staat een spijkerschriftinscriptie die de wijding van het standbeeld beschrijft..
September 5, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Kunst kijken. Maar dan écht: kijken!
Gudea, prins van Lagash, of 'staande Gudea met de stromende vaas' ~ neo-Sumerisch, ca. 2120 v.Chr.
Gemaakt van doleriet. (Calciet/steen)
Op het gewaad van de figuur staat een spijkerschriftinscriptie die de wijding van het standbeeld beschrijft..
Gudea, prins van Lagash, of 'staande Gudea met de stromende vaas' ~ neo-Sumerisch, ca. 2120 v.Chr.
Gemaakt van doleriet. (Calciet/steen)
Op het gewaad van de figuur staat een spijkerschriftinscriptie die de wijding van het standbeeld beschrijft..
J'imagine toujours les chiens de l'antiquité comme des espèces de loups mal degrossis (ce qui est faux), d'où ma stupéfaction quant-à la modernité de ce gros doggo du début du IIe millénaire av. J.-C.
cc @jastrow75.bsky.social !
cc @jastrow75.bsky.social !
September 12, 2026 at 9:50 AM
J'imagine toujours les chiens de l'antiquité comme des espèces de loups mal degrossis (ce qui est faux), d'où ma stupéfaction quant-à la modernité de ce gros doggo du début du IIe millénaire av. J.-C.
cc @jastrow75.bsky.social !
cc @jastrow75.bsky.social !
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“To avoid the fate of Lagash and Angkor, Tehran and other modern cities must do something radical by contemporary political standards: accept that living within ecological boundaries is not optional,” Peter Frankopan writes.
“To avoid the fate of Lagash and Angkor, Tehran and other modern cities must do something radical by contemporary political standards: accept that living within ecological boundaries is not optional,” Peter Frankopan writes.
Opinion | How Did a City of 10 Million People Nearly Run Out of Water?
Restricting Tehran’s growth and water use — however politically difficult — would be more prudent than trying to engineer ever more elaborate workarounds.
nyti.ms
December 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“To avoid the fate of Lagash and Angkor, Tehran and other modern cities must do something radical by contemporary political standards: accept that living within ecological boundaries is not optional,” Peter Frankopan writes.
“To avoid the fate of Lagash and Angkor, Tehran and other modern cities must do something radical by contemporary political standards: accept that living within ecological boundaries is not optional,” Peter Frankopan writes.
Magnetometry says “hold my beer”
April 16, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Magnetometry says “hold my beer”
Keynote speaker for tonight, Emily Hammer:
April 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Keynote speaker for tonight, Emily Hammer:
LOVE AND KISSES - THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV4f...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV4f...
LOVE AND KISSES - THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY [1978].avi
YouTube video by gudea de lagash
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April 24, 2026 at 5:05 PM
LOVE AND KISSES - THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV4f...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV4f...
So nice to chat to @jonjtaylor.bsky.social about our 2025 #Nippur excavations. Check out Episode 77! www.wedgepod.org/episode-list/
Episode list - Thin End of the Wedge
COMING SOON! Tina Greenfield — zooarchaeology Augusta McMahon — Chicago excavations at Nippur The Lagash Archaeological Project — fieldwork at Lagash Jana Mynářová — cuneiform in Egypt Christina Tsoup...
www.wedgepod.org
July 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
So nice to chat to @jonjtaylor.bsky.social about our 2025 #Nippur excavations. Check out Episode 77! www.wedgepod.org/episode-list/
An inscription mentioning 'ama-gi₄' from the reign of Entemena (ca 2400 BC) reads:
ama-gi₄ lagašᵏⁱ
e-ŋar
ama dumu i₃-ni-gi₄
dumu ama i₃-ni-gi₄
[Entemena brought] freedom to Lagash
he placed
child back with mother
and mother back with child
ama-gi₄ lagašᵏⁱ
e-ŋar
ama dumu i₃-ni-gi₄
dumu ama i₃-ni-gi₄
[Entemena brought] freedom to Lagash
he placed
child back with mother
and mother back with child
April 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
An inscription mentioning 'ama-gi₄' from the reign of Entemena (ca 2400 BC) reads:
ama-gi₄ lagašᵏⁱ
e-ŋar
ama dumu i₃-ni-gi₄
dumu ama i₃-ni-gi₄
[Entemena brought] freedom to Lagash
he placed
child back with mother
and mother back with child
ama-gi₄ lagašᵏⁱ
e-ŋar
ama dumu i₃-ni-gi₄
dumu ama i₃-ni-gi₄
[Entemena brought] freedom to Lagash
he placed
child back with mother
and mother back with child