The Civilization That Vanished for 6,000 Years

More than 6,000 years ago, something extraordinary began appearing across the plains of ancient Mesopotamia. Enormous cities rose from the mud, strange stepped temples towered above them, and thousands of clay tablets recorded everything from kings and wars to astronomy, mathematics and a catastrophic flood.

In this documentary, we investigate the lost civilization of ancient Sumer and the archaeological discoveries that brought it back to life. From Uruk, Ur andmysterious Sumerian kings, the Anunnaki, the Sumerian King List and ancient accounts of a devastating flood, we explore the archaeology, mythology and surviving texts of one of history’s earliest civilizations. Along the way, we examine ancient Mesopotamia, lost cities, forgotten knowledge, Sumerian mythology and some of the enduring mysteries surrounding a civilization that helped transform the ancient world.
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