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Anu Ziggurat Of Uruk, White Temple To Sky God Anu In Mesopotamia. Oldest City On Earth Warka, Iraq
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Mesopotamia some 6000 years ago, one of the cradle of civilizations and the birthplace of the first writing system.
In the fertile valley between the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates the earliest cities arose, among them was the city Uruk.
The city was associated with the Sky God Anu, the Chief Deity of the Sumerians, and near the centre of the city the inhabitants built a temple which towered above the fortification wall.
Situated in the modern city of Warka in Iraq, Uruk was clearly one of the most important places in Southern Mesopotamia.
It’s one of the first cities in the world and was populated without interruption for 5000 years.
In the western area of the city centre a multiple phased terrace was discovered, the Anu Ziggurat of Uruk, which was the greatest monument of the city.
A ziggurat is a raised platform or terrace with four sloping sides, looking somewhat like a chopped off pyramid.
Ziggurats are made of mud-bricks just like the Egyptian Mastaba’s I spoke about in the Step Pyramid of Djoser video.
Stone was rare in Mesopotamia, so it wasn’t used much as construction material.
Ziggurats were not only a visual focal point of the city, they were symbolic as well, seeing the ziggurat towering above the city one would make the visual connection to the God or Goddess honored there and recognize the deity’s political authority.
The ziggurats were at the heart of the Theocratic political system, a theocracy is a type of government where a God is recognized as rules, and the state officials operate on the God’s behalf.
The purpose of a ziggurat itself is to get the temple that is constructed at the top closer to the heavens.
The Mesopotamians believed that the ziggurats connected heaven and earth.
The ziggurat of Uruk was constructed in the great Anu District, few remains of writing have been found in this district.
The Anu district consists of 1 single massive terrace; The Anu Ziggurat.
The terrace had been extended and raised at least 10 times until it reached it final height of approximately 12 meters.
The surface area of the top of the terrace measured approximately 45 by 50 meters, the ziggurat is radiocarbon-dated to have been constructed between 4000 BCE and 3500 BCE.
The surface of the top was coated with bitumen, a tar or pitch like material, similar to was is used for road paving in modern times.
The bitumen was overlaid with brick which functioned as a firm and waterproof foundation a building on top of the ziggurat, called the White Temple, which was built as a dedication to the Sky God Anu.
Anu was the divine personification of the Sky, the Supreme God and ancestor of all the deities in ancient Mesopotamian religion.
He was the supreme source of all authority, for both the mortal rulers and the other gods, in one text he is described as “the one who contains the entire universe”.
The temple get its name from the fact that it was entirely white washed from the inside and outside, giving it an unparalleled brightness in strong sunlight, much like the pyramids in Giza would a thousand years later.
The white temple was rectangular in shape, measuring 17,5 by 22,3 meters and each corner was oriented to a cardinal point.
The temple’s white plastered walls were divided by niches, multiple pedestals and multiple staircases which led to the roof and a probable second floor.
It’s a typical Uruk “High Temple” with a three parts plan (also known as Tri-partite plan) a long rectangular central hall with rooms on either side.
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These videos describing the history, construction methods, layouts, reasonings, and etc of the ancient buildings are my favorite!
That's got to be one of the oldest standing monuments
You would think it is, but actually the oldest standing monuments are; Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, the dolmens on Carrowmore megalithic cemetery in Ireland and the temples on Malta 🤗
They are older than this Ziggurat 🥰
Thank you for this thorough analysis of an under-appreciated, yet extraordinarily significant and influential, complex!
wow that's crazy how the ancient peoples were able to build all of this
It must have been jaw-dropping in its heyday. Our ancestors built for the long haul. All of our modern buildings would have turned into dust and rust in the thousands of years the White Temple has lain unoccupied and unused. Wow,.that's humbling to think about. I like how you keep changing the objects on your table, (except the kitties) to reflect your subject. ...the camel for this one. Hugs and scritches for your kitties, and a high-five to you for another great video!✌😸
It sure was mesmerizing in its time, i think even in our time it would've been.
I'm happy you notice the small table changes, i enjoy playing with it for every video. Of course the Bastets will always have their prominent place in every video, i am a true cat lover 🙈🤭
Thank you!! 🤗
Thank you for doing this. Sumerian history is a passion of mine and it's so nice to see education on the other cities in addition to Ur.
Merci, Kayleigh! I've been interested in Sumerian history for years. Have read some good articles on the subject, but your video was more enjoyable. Like talking to someone rather than reading dry text. More personal, I guess. Keep them coming, I'll keep watching.😊
Thank you Floyd! I'm happy to hear i made it more fun 🤗
@@HistoryWithKayleigh Most definitely 👍! Kayleigh, I was wondering if there was any way to support you other than patron. I checked it out but I'm not too crazy about signing up. If no other way, will probably bite the bullet. I'd like to help you keep this series going.🙂🙃
For now there is no other way of supporting me.. i can't make use of youtube for paid subscriptions yet, that will be unlocked at 5000 subs, just like superchat.. i don't stream on twitch either. I created the Patreon as a way to make it possible for people who would want to support me to have a way to do so.
It's really kind of you to even consider wanting to support me 🥰
@@HistoryWithKayleigh okay. Kinda thought so. I feel like I'm taking advantage if I don't contribute somehow. Kinda like watching someone work without pitching in to help. Always had a hard time doing that. Forsooth, M'lady! Methinks I'll hie myself o'er to yon patreon and make with the patronage. Tis for a good cause, I must say.🤴👸😂
Haha i always think meself is na worth the time and coin, but i appreciate it beyond words! 🥰
I sometimes do polls on youtube, but i will also start doing polls on Patreon to give you a chance to vote for what you want to see in the future 🤗
Just amazing Kayleigh! I can only wonder what it was like when in operation. Your pronunciation of ancient sites is excellent!
Thank you :) i try my best to honor it in all facets :) Ziggurats are mesmerizing!
@@HistoryWithKayleigh Truly they are. 😄
You covered the Eanna temple complex? Hope you will cover the URUK Temple of Inanna/Ishtar... its very cool
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It incredibly tells us about the rise of architectural practice done 3k years ago 😮😮
Even further ago, between 6000 and 5000 years ago, since it was constructed between 4000 and 3300 BCE 🤗
This was very useful to understand the Uruk site. Thank you so much.
Thank You for another interesting video. These are great! I’m glad you had the time this week.(With work going on.) Thanks again!
Thank you Barry, i slowly took the time to film and edit whenever I had some spare time. Took a bit longer then I wanted it too but it's here nonetheless 🤗🥰
@@HistoryWithKayleigh And you did very well! 🤗
Why does no one ever cover what is inside?
Was it only for tombs?
What kind of rooms were in there?
What were the rooms used for?
Thank you. Living and learning
10:40 Oh my. 5000 years old artifact and dude is holding it like it's a basketball. Imagine if he dropped it.
That was right after they retrieved it and made the announcement to the world that it will be placed in the museum once more ❤️
Interesting video..good job done👍
Thank you!! 🤗
In ancient Mesopotamia healthy skin colours were described as sāmu ("ruddy" or "reddish") or peṣû ("white") while ill-health was associated with the skin colour arqu ("pale-brown" or "yellow"), a reference to jaundice. Peṣû was descended from the Proto-Semitic word f/pṣḥ, which was related to whiteness and brightness
Another fascinating piece of history..
Thank you Terry! 🤗
You would look great in period costumes….and they would be great clips for your opening and for history fans timelessly, worldwide!
Go ahead, blow them away!
Haha
I love this History Of Uruk, next time i will have some questions to ask
White also reflects thermal energy, so it would be rather cooler too. Thanks for video.
Those holes in the walls near the top of the temple are reminscent of Persian architecture that vents hydro-thermal air to cool the building in the hottest of days. Ancient A/C
Excellent presentation. Anu bless you :)
Thank you! 🤗
Thank you for this vid i 💕 anything on sumer since i was a kid seeing images of clay cuneiform tablets and the reeds they used i was always taken away by them as if i can almost remember once using these
I wonder if Uruk is the Ur of Chaldeans the birthplace of Abraham. If that is the case it would mean the birthplace of many religions. There were multiple cities named Ur, Uruk is the oldest and the second one is what we know Ur is much south. Ur was first discovered so Ur name was given to this one. Uruk being more significant and much larger city is the likely candidate for Abraham's birthplace.
Both could be the place, but we will possibly never know for sure. Many things have been lost to the sands of time ❤️
Amazing. Thank you . Subscribed.
Thank you!
Thankiuu ! x
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very informative thank you for sharing your knowledge
Puzzled. I thought Inanna was the patron goddess of Uruk.
I mentioned that 😉
This is wonderful! Thank you. Can you tell the music used in this video? I'd love to hear more!
I always use music by Adrian von Ziegler, he can be found on CZcams 🙂
@@HistoryWithKayleigh Thank you 😊 🙏
So much to learn!! Love your videos. Still catching up😂🌺
Thanks Tom!
Then there's the pot belly hill, 12,000 years old, and there's things in Peru that appear older,
Well Göbekli Tepe is 12.000+ years old without a doubt, but not necessarily the first city 😉
The temple plan looks very similar to one built by queen victoria in monte alegre portugal with older church in proximity..
Maybe they've seen the base work from this one?
@@HistoryWithKayleigh Yes its built much later but still by top masons, also on a natural mount, i think its also whats in the hill, be it water or some resource. Definitely a place of mysticism and power, they hold witchcraft and occult festival in the town every friday 13th. The tower has specific turrets like petals which were used in ancient Mesopotamia also. Ancient houses of power probably
I could not find where your music was from Kayleigh
I’m from uruk
Amazing!
The Tigris and Euphrates came together and made a [Mess of Potamia].
I patrolled here during several deployments to Iraq in the 90s and early 2000s. This place has an overall feeling of just plain weirdness. The Ziggurat is still amazing to see. Too bad the archeologist excavated from the top down, destroying a lot of it
Great job! I'm glad I stumbled upon your channel we got to help get you some more subs!
Thank you!
@HistorywithKayleigh >>> 👍👍
ارجو من الاستاذه العزيز الترجمه للعربيه الكون الموضوع يمثل لنا اهميه كبيره في تاريخ العراق والوطن العربي والعالم
I’m from this city
That's awesome!! 🤗
8 months ago, this was Anu video.
All praise to the most high Anu creator of life.
If they killed humans and animals in there it's for devil demons, not god!
(If they would create it, they would not kill it)
Devil demons want godly energy from humans and animals
that is babel tower. babel = ka-dingir = gate+gods
This was great
I thought I subbed - surely I did
Thanks for your amazing overview. You mentioned Loftus, but you've fogotten the German Excavations ... ;-)
Thank you very much for what you offer to the civilization of Iraq, as it is very rich in archaeological sites of our ancestors. But today I am sorry for the destruction of everything that is happening to Iraq
For your information, I live close to this ancient city, 45 kilometers away in Al-Muthanna Governorate, southern Iraq
You should do a video on Göbleki Tepe.
I highly recommend ancient Architects for all Tepe stuff
@@HistoryWithKayleigh thank you!
Heel veel omtrent Uruk is speculatie zelfs de plek waar Uruk zou moeten zijn staat geschreven als waarschijnlijk ( dus niet zeker).Uruk de naam komt uit de Epic of Gilgamesj en toen hebben ze Uruk gelinkt met Erech een stad uit de bijbel.Ik vraag me echt af of dit wel de Uruk uit de Epic is.
Some sort of "The sexiest city", at least to dutch speaking folks also located in Iraq I heard.
City called "Kut" 😅
Hahahaha 😂😂😂
Can we go back to the bitumen part from a practical engineering view ? Hundreds of square meters paved in black with the sun beating down on it all day. Yikes, it must have been so hot and unpleasant to be out and about on the ziggurat during the day!
I think they covered the bitumen with reeds and or sand. It was just a perfect way to make it water resistant and last longer 🙂
@@HistoryWithKayleigh thank so much for replying. 😍 I know how much I'm suffering from the heat in an asphalt jungle. I'm really enjoying your channel - well, mostly - my blood is still boiling over the vandalized Irish sites. You know that those people had mobile phones with them so they can be identified by the cell towers they connected to and that they posted their vandalism to social media and, again, can be traced if the authorities would just do it.
Too bad the Irish government doesn't really care much 😔
Watching from Kuwait
I love this topic
Happy to hear that 🤗
No problem keep the videos coming 🤟🏼🤟🏼💯
Great job 👍👍, have you thought about writing a book
Haha I'm such a bad writer 😅
@@HistoryWithKayleigh that's what a lot of people have said about themselves and have written great works of literature.
this is very similar to the temple of solomon.
The Ziggurat is mentioned in the Quran And it has many secrets ❤
@3.57 on the map key, there are 2 RB. The second one should be RP?
Isn't U a mountain or elevation and ruk king, like the king's mount? From where the divinities wording are from? Is it from old scholars or from the actual king's way of ruling?
Could be, not well known about the ancient sumerian language 🙂
Rik in German is king! Rik, ruk, rik ruk, it's the same word! xD
you seriously need to go on a trip with Brien Foerster, UnchartedX and Bright Insight like Jahannah James did to blow her page up.
Haha if i had the money to do that i would 😉
*Cries in poor* 😂
Would anyone be able to tell me what the song is?
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@@HistoryWithKayleigh you did well to post on reddit. Otherwise I wouldn't know about your channel
I'm glad you found me, thankfully social media platforms exist 😍
and now i am addicted to cigarettes so thank you for that
Hello, do you know where i can get a 3D model from the "White Temple of Uruk"?
I wonder, how much of early history is lost. Seems to have been A lot of construction Maybe around 12,000 years ago. The temple and turkey for one. Also the loss of large swabs of land. Like doggerland. There must have been lots of loss when Sea levels increase Across the world
What a channel 🤩 very good I’m loving it #norfolkbuttonboy new subscriber here
Thank you so much!! ❤️
Great video!! Unrelated, holy cow you sound Dutch :-O (which is not a bad thing).
To me it is a bad thing 😂
@@HistoryWithKayleigh you have the right to be wrong 😜
I very much dislike my Dutch accent 😂 ah well 😂
@@HistoryWithKayleigh nah, it sounds nice. I was born there, and spoke only Dutch for the first part of my life (now live in the US) sounds nice hearing the Dutch.
I was raised mostly English for a chunk of my childhood, the Dutch really creeped in over the years 😂
Great vid...Your sister is cool.
? This was all me, Just an old video
Isn't a theocracy a government where priest and king are the same?
The triangles look like contemporary fake art vanity shapes. The triangle spoil the truth.
Is it true that all pyramids were built to worship the sun?
Ziggurats or pyramids?
And the answer i believe is no🙂
@@HistoryWithKayleigh I thought Amon-Ra meant amen to the sun? And I categorized both ziggurats and pyramids the same because I’m not that educated. Thanks for your wonderful show!
The dating is questionable.
Kayleigh, I know how to work CZcams. Why do you persevere with reminding me at the end of each and every one of your productions..?
Anu is El. Where you got the El-ohim. The most High El Elyon father of Jesus Christ. Holy Kur-an or Kur- Anu means the creation of Anu. Kur is a Sumerian word meaning to create. Kur meaning creation in Turkish.
Turkic is not from that region and is significantly newer... The Quran does not mean that. And you're attribution of El to Anu is highly speculative as well as unsubstantiated. There are a lot of other proposed origins. It's important not to confuse correlation with causation.
This seems to be a personal belief and that's great, but there is a difference between belief and fact. That difference is the key to both religion and science.
If you speak slowly it's a lot of info
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Urk ?
No Uruk haha, not the same as Ur or Urk
@@HistoryWithKayleigh :-D Urk
Geweldige video, dank je.
Indra ko, Akash ka bhagwan or Jal Varun Devta maana, jaatahei lekin Prithvi par Sapta Rishi satya sanatan Generation maana jaata hei hinglish ki always duplicate story hoti hei
At 10:38 is fall of Saddam rejime not Baghdad, that's the right word to describe it please... 😕
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nose broken on the face mask like the Egyptian statues. same beliefs?
Anu
tuatha de dannan is also referred to as tuatha danu. Danu was a female deity in Ireland just as she was in India. mother godess!
From this we get Danube I suppose.
Nice job K!
Yeah i think Inanna a and Danube were similar Gods, just different areas where they were worshipped. Mother Goddesses indeed 🥰
Could indeed be same beliefs that the mask is missing the nose, but when looking at a face the one piece that breaks easily is the nose, so it could've accidentally happened as well 🤗
@@HistoryWithKayleigh theres a theory about the Egyptian nose breaks which suggests the new pharaoh wanted to make sure the predecessor stopped breathing for sure. catch you on the next video!
Wrong.Anu himself was the god who gave his name to the Tuatha de Danaan and as Sitchin has suggested the definition of the word god itself is ’descended of Anu’.
Based on the spelling ’Tuatha de Danaan’, some have suggested that these Irish elven folk derived their name from an Irish mother goddess named Dana. If they had checked the earlier spelling - Tuadha d’Anu (Tribe of Anu) - they would have discovered that the Scythian Sidhe were the sons and daughters of Anu and the Ubaid gods and goddesses. www.bibliotecapleyades.net/ciencia/ciencia_tuathadedanaan01.htm
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Any was the King of Nibiru, the planet of the Annunaki. His son's, Enlil and Enki, also had temples built to them. This isn't mythology it's real. The people worshipped them as gods because they came from another planet. The Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians all knew this. These beings once walked this earth with us. Good video. Innana was the daughter of Nannar-Sin the moon god, the god of the Muslims today whether they know it or not. She was the granddaughter of Enlil. Gilgamesh was also a real individual, who possessed the DNA of the Annunaki. They had children by human women. They took wives for their lack of females who accompanied them here. They taught us agriculture, architecture, governing rule, Money, politics, writing you name it. They started our civilization, and to this day it is the same
150th, 26 March 2023
Its still better than nothing.
It pieces me off.
Evbd else wouldnt poo on it.
🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶🇮🇶
This ridiculous insistence on putting an E after BC all the time really is very grating, not least because you don't even have a problem with saying AD.
Ooooo😅
If they killed humans and animals in there
It's no god but devil ok.
you are good , March 24 2023