Raw blocks of lapis lazuli were transported by foot or donkey from northeastern Afghanistan to Mesopotamian palaces, where artisans fashioned them into sculptures, bowls and jewelry. Sailing ...

But what happened in Mesopotamia to prompt such revolutionary changes ... What Başur Höyük does not have, however, is a palace or a kingdom full of people who could be impressed by human sacrifice.

He describes a hunting scene that resembles no artwork found on the palaces in Babylon. It does, however, fit descriptions of the hunting reliefs discovered on Assyrian palaces in Nineveh.

But what happened in Mesopotamia to prompt such revolutionary changes ... What Başur Höyük does not have, however, is a palace or a kingdom full of people who could be impressed by human sacrifice.

Including the pyramids of ancient Egypt, the ziggurats of Mesopotamia, and the palaces of Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece, ...