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CityMesopotamian Pantheon
Uruk
31.3242°N, 45.6367°E
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CityMythology
Mesopotamian Pantheon
Coordinates
31.3242°N, 45.6367°E
About This Location
The city of Gilgamesh and Inanna, one of the first true cities in human history. Its mighty walls, said to be built by Gilgamesh himself, enclosed the great E-anna temple complex sacred to both Anu and Inanna.
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