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Lagash
Lagash (; cuneiform: LAGAŠKI; Sumerian: Lagaš) was an ancient city-state located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of Uruk, about east of the modern town of Al-Shatrah, Iraq. Lagash (modern Al-Hiba in Dhi Qar Governorate) was one of the oldest cities of the Ancient Near East, and the Lagash state incorporated the cities of Lagash, Girsu, and Nina. Girsu (modern Telloh), about northwest of Lagash, was the religious center of the Lagash state, with its main temple, the E-ninnu, dedicated to the god Ningirsu. The ancient site of Nina (Tell Zurghul), around away
Amarna letters
archive, written on clay tablets, primarily consisting of diplomatic correspondence between the Egyptian administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru during the New Kingdom
Praeneste fibula
7th-century BC Old Latin inscription
Ludovisi Throne
sculpture
Terengganu Inscription Stone
14th-century Malay inscription
Terenuthis
Tarrana (Arabic: الطرانة Aṭ-Ṭarrānah, Coptic: ⲧⲉⲣⲉⲛⲟⲩⲑⲓ Terenouthi), known in classical antiquity as Terenouthis (Ancient Greek: Τερενοῦθις), is a town that is currently referred to as Monufia Governorate of Egypt. This site is located in the western Nile Delta, circa 70 km north-west of Cairo, between the southern prehistoric site of Merimde Beni-salame and the northern town of Kom el-Hisn. The modern name for the necropolitain ancient city of Ternouthis (El-Tarrana) is Kom Abou Billou. Tarrana was once a popular commercial center, and housed a diverse demographic that erupted during the
Lycian sarcophagus of Sidon
marble sarcophagus discovered in the Sidon necropolis in Lebanon
Tabnit sarcophagus
5th-century BC Phoenician sarcophagus
Sarcophagus of the mourning women
4th-century BC Roman sarcophagus
Mantineia Base
three ancient Greek bas relief plaques
Trou de l’Abîme
cave in Belgium
Sigtrygg Runestones
Hedeby stones
Wat Si Chum Inscription
historical stele in Thailand