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Ancient City Discovered Beneath Mound in Northern Iraq
Archeologists
from Germany’s University of Leipzig have discovered an ancient city called Idu
hidden beneath a mound in northern Iraq. According to the archeological
findings, Idu was under the control of the Assyrian Empire about 3,300 years
ago, then later gained its independence as the empire declined. The Assyrians
reconquered the city roughly 140 years later. Researchers have found artwork,
including a bearded sphinx with a human head and the body of a winged lion, and
a cylinder seal dating back roughly 2,600 years depicting a man crouching
before a griffon. Iraq is home to several archeological treasures, including
Babylon, an ancient Mesopotamian city-state dating to the 3rd millennium BC, which
was discovered south of Baghdad by British scholars in the 19th century.
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