Animated Views of Ancient Sumer

Graphic artists inspired by Sumerian historical achievements have created short videos based on study and research. Here are a few I’ve discovered.

Temple View of Nippur

Artist’s conception of Nippur stretched out below Temple Ekur, showing mid-city canal in foreground, Euphrates in the distance. This is how it might have appeared to Uruna during Morning Call. For the full movie by the awesome Iraqi artist/engineer Kais Jacob Ishak, click the image.

Uruk: The Late Period

Excavations in the centre of Uruk uncovered a large variety of monumental buildings with often unparalleled architectural features. This animation shows the complex centre of the Late Uruk Period.

Reconstructing Stone-Cone Building In Uruk

ARTEFACTS reconstructed the building process on the basis of the archaeological evidence.

Uruk’s Eanna Ziggurat

This short video shows two types of reconstruction. The first is a purely technical one, where only the most secure information was used to rebuilt the Eanna sanctuary. The second is a life-like momentum: it shows the loose reconstruction of a religious ceremony.