Nimrud: Ishtar/Ninurta Temple, Spring 2024
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- Excavations at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu) continued in Spring 2024. Nearing the end of our short season, I filmed this walk-through of our excavations in the connected temples of Ishtar and Ninurta near the base of the ziggurat. We completed excavation of the gate chamber between the two temples, damaged by ISIS in 2015, and expanded to begin connecting this ancient chamber with maps of the ancient walls in the surrounding area made by archaeologists long ago.
The maps from the late 19th century are particularly unreliable, but we expected that those of the 1950s would be better. But we were hindered by the fact that those maps are not linked to modern coordinate systems and that the landmarks they referenced (like the ziggurat) had been badly disturbed by ISIS and thus no longer functioned as good measuring points.
We will continue to unveil areas of this important temple complex, that of the most important deities to the Assyrians, in future seasons, but part of the adventure is the current work and the hurdles we have to overcome, the mysteries we have to solve, along the way. That's why I like making these in the moment videos for all of you.
I'm kind of surprised how much actually survived being destroyed. It's still depressing, but I'm glad so much is still there!
Always fascinating!
Thank you.
I find it so interesting that you film everything in "selfie" mode😆
The Floor Script could of be Read by Feel while seated, or served & a protective inscription,
Thank you again for another tour. I hope you managed to find those giant lions!
Do you find many cuneiform inscriptions other than those telling us how great their leaders were? Do you find more mundane things, like signposts, or communications, or are these things much rarer? Clay tablets have the ability to last a very long time, and so it feels like there's a chance at finding a real treasure trove of information from our ancient past.
Now I am curious what the inscriptions of the floor tiles say.
Hover battle, but no hover pads allowed. Just thrusters and logic.
Who's idea was it to go to Mosul and search for Nimrud?
For 3 years, I have been seeking financial backers to carry out my project 'Nomad Usaily' there.
Yet, there you are. I have been let down in the worst way. Not only have I been marginalized, but my project has been exploited.
Destroying artifacts and archeological sites 🤬
How?
@sempi8159 Maybe they mean the attacks on the site not the excavation of the site? If not, wake up it isn't the early days of site preservation lol.
Edit: Definitely thinking they meant the attacks on the site. It was a shock to see the before and after from the photo shown, to what is remaining in the video. To sell off and destory our collective world history is an unthinkably cruel thing to do, especially for our next generations.
I get so pissed every time he mentions ISIS destroying the sites. Trashing your own history? What the fuck!?!?
I weep at the loss of such great history by religious zealots.