The first part of the Sumerian King List: “1-39 After the kingship descended from heaven, the kingship was in Eridug. In Eridug, Alulim became king; he ruled for 28800 years. Alaljar ruled for 36000 years. 2 k
The Sumerian King List records the lengths of reigns of the kings of Sumer. The initial section deals with kings before the Flood and is significantly different from the rest. When the kingdom durations of the antediluvian section are expressed in an early sexagesimal numerical system, all ...
For long, the debate around Sumerian civilization has been brought up from time to time. Researchers have put in much time and effort to come to a solid conclusion but all in vain. It all starts from Sumer, which was basically the southernmost region of
Category Archives:Sumerian The Sumerian Kings List Posted onMay 3, 2016byRay Davis - The Affirmation Spot One of the most fascinating Sumerian tablets of all is the one known as The Sumerian King’s List. These tablets list the kings who ruled from the time of creation until the flood. Th...
time at which he ruled can be fixed exactly; 2334 B.C. is now given as a date on which to hang the beginning of the dynasty of Agade, and according to the Sumerian king list, he was king for 56 years. As a testament to his legacy, two later Assyrian kings were named in his ...
Along with a who's-who of Sumerians in power, the King List also incorporates events such as the Great Flood and the tales of Gilgamesh, stories that are often referred to as simple fables. Theorists take this to mean that the Old Testament stories were true, or that the kings listed ...
Kubaba, A Queen Among Kings Want to know which monarch of ancient Sumer reigned supreme at any given time? You’d have to check out the aptly namedSumerian King List. But the Sumerians had a super-special idea of “kingship”: it was a force that liked to travel. For generations at ...
It synchronizes the kings and clues of the Sumerian King List with ancient Biblical history. The list has a reference to the Biblical flood; “After the flood had swept over, and the kingship had descended from heaven, the kingship was in Kish.” With 30 pictures and over 70 charts, Gene...
The Kings List Cyrus the Great Cyrus II of Persia (c. 600 BC or 576 BC-530 BC), commonly known as Cyrus the Great, also known as Cyrus the Elder, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. Under his rule, the empire embraced all the previous civilized states of the ancient Near East...
Why did the people who wrote in Greek, Latin, Arabic, Hebrew, or Aramaic in antiquity never find cause to write about the Sumerian Anunnaki gods? Gilgamesh was mentioned by name early on, the antediluvian Sumerian kings also, but not the Anunnaki. Why was their illustrious name unknown throug...