Kish archaeological site

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One of the most prominent and famous archaeological sites in southern Mesopotamia and present-day Iraq is the archaeological site of Kish, 80 km south of Baghdad and 12 km east of Babylon. The history of settlement and life in the monument dates back to the prehistoric Obaid period to the Hellenistic period. The golden age of the city is the beginning of the early dynastic period, which consists of a number of hills, all of which reached an area of 2,300 hectares during the dynastic period. In the list of Sumerian kings, Kish is mentioned as the first city to have a king after the flood. Its most important hills are Uhaimir and Ingharra. The main goddess of the city was Ishtar. Several archaeological excavations have been carried out, the first dating back to and its nomenclature dates back to 1872 based on the reading of an inscription table attributed to Adad- Ipla- Adina. The longest and most important excavation dates back to 1912 by a French team who found 1,400 Babylonian cuneiform tablets.