During her tour of the museum grounds, Bhandari examined prominent masterpieces including an ancient Nepalese statue of Maitreya dating back to 1100–1200, a statue of Gudea, Prince of Lagash from ...

Essam Al-Sudani / AFP / Getty Images The world’s earliest documented water war happened 4,500 years ago, when the armies of Lagash and Umma, city-states near the junction of the Tigris and ...

There’s renewed focus on the issue, but the problem is as old as humanity. The first recorded example dates back to two ancient Sumerian city-states – Umma and Lagash – which went to war in 2500 BCE ...

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