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I think you're referring to the city of Ur, the "capital" of Mesopotamia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur And the guy who red
by aaaaaaaaaaab 5y ago
I think you're referring to the city of Ur, the "capital" of Mesopotamia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur
And the guy who rediscovered it (from a European perspective) was an Italian called Pietro Della Valle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Della_Valle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Della_Valle
- astine 5y agoTinco is referencing a famous story by Xenophon who was a Greek mercenary who fought for the Persians. The city being references is believed to be Nineveh(1), which was indeed a capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire at one point. The ruins of Nineveh still exist, but they are in northern Iraq, not Syria. 1 http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg,0032,006:3:4 http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:abo:tlg...
- aaaaaaaaaaab 5y agoOh! Then indeed it better fits the description. So many lost cities in the cradle of civilization...