Of immense symbolic importance, Eridu was also home to the largest temple dedicated to Enki, the god of water and wisdom, a key deity of the Sumerian pantheon. For centuries, this shrine attracted ...

Photograph by Nico Tondini / robertharding.com Archaeologists have focused attention on two sacred precincts dedicated to Anu, Sumerian god of the sky; and Inanna, Sumerian goddess of fertility ...