"He traversed five mountains, six mountains, seven mountains. He lifted his eyes as he approached Aratta. He stepped j…"

"If my city becomes a ruin mound, then I will be a potsherd of it, but I will never submit to the lord of Unug, the lo…"

"When the city was only a double-hour distant, the armies of Unug and Kulaba encamped by the posts and ditches that su…"

"Aratta's battlements are of green lapis lazuli, its walls and its towering brickwork are bright red, their brick clay…"

"Enmerkar son of Utu prepared an expedition against Aratta, the mountain of the holy divine powers. He was going to se…"

"A hollowed-out space in living rock is a totally different environment from a building constructed of quarried stone.…"

"Over the last 20 years or so evidence has grown that the hub of ancient long-distance seafaring was Southeast and eas…"

"Killing people is as easy as killing pigs. Children cry out for help but no one answers them. They are killed with a …"

"In our country it would not be necessary to wash that child; he might be roasted at once."

"Qiaoxian town officials treated me to lunch. On that day, the main course was sautéed pig's liver. I tried very hard …"