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<< Text Pages >> Umma - Ancient Village or Settlement in Iraq

Submitted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 04 November 2006  Page Views: 3609

Multi-periodSite Name: Umma
Country: Iraq Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Nasiriyah  Nearest Village: Tell Jokha
Latitude: 31.633330N  Longitude: 45.866670E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
no data
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Iraq

Umma was an ancient city in Sumer, best known for its long frontier conflict with Lagash. During the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, looters started to systematically ransack the site.
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Drummadoon Standing Stone submitted by Energyman : The menhir from the East, looking up the slope to where the sun should set

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