Archaeology Odyssey takes the reader on a journey through the classical world as seen through the eyes of the top archaeologists in the discipline. Written with you in mind, the experts explain the latest in classical research in a way that is accessible to the general public. Read the complete series today!
A. Shuruppak (modern Fara) Settled around 3000 B.C. and then abandoned a thousand years later, Shuruppak is mentioned in Sumerian literature as one of five cities to survive a cataclysmic flood.
Along with the Propylaea, the Parthenon, the Erechtheum and the Temple of Athena Nike, there were numerous shrines, fountains, altars and sanctuaries crowding the Acropolis.
I don’t understand the people who are offended by articles like “How to Find a Brothel in Pompeii” (Thomas A.J. McGinn, January/February 2004). Why do they bother to read them?
