Ennigaldi-Nanna’s museum
Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum is the earliest known public museum. It dates to circa 530 BCE. The curator was Ennigaldi, the daughter of Nabonidus, the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.Photo: lubinski, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: museum in Ur, thought to be the first by some historians
- Also known as: “Ekišnugal”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The ancient city of Ur and Ziggurat of Ur.
The ancient city of Ur
Protected area
Photo: lubinski, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ur was a major Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar in Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq. Although Ur was a coastal city near the mouth of the Euphrates on the Persian Gulf, the coastline has shifted and the site is now well inland, on the south bank of the Euphrates, 16 km southwest of the city of Nasiriyah.
Ziggurat of Ur
Archaeological site
The Ziggurat of Ur is a Neo-Sumerian ziggurat in what was the city of Ur near Nasiriyah, in present-day Dhi Qar Province, Iraq. The structure was built during the Early Bronze Age by King Ur-Nammu of the Third Dynasty of Ur. Ziggurat of Ur is situated 210 metres northwest of Ennigaldi-Nanna’s museum.
Royal Cemetery at Ur
Ruins
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The Royal Cemetery at Ur is an archaeological site in modern-day Dhi Qar Governorate in southern Iraq. The initial excavations at Ur took place between 1922 and 1934 under the direction of Leonard Woolley in association with the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Royal Cemetery at Ur is situated 120 metres east of Ennigaldi-Nanna’s museum.
Ennigaldi-Nanna’s museum
- Categories: museum, building, and historic site
- Location: Nasiriyah District, Dhi Qar, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
30.96177° or 30° 57′ 42″ northLongitude
46.10504° or 46° 6′ 18″ eastOpen location code
8H28X464+P2OpenStreetMap ID
way 313911634OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q3014063
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Ennigaldi-Nanna’s museum” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متحف اينغالدي نانس”
- Basque: “Ennigaldi-Nannaren museoa”
- Belarusian: “Музей Энігальдзі-Наны”
- Chinese: “恩尼加爾迪-娜娜博物館”
- French: “musée d’Ennigaldi-Nanna”
- French: “Musée d’Ennigaldi-Nanna”
- Italian: “Museo di Ennigaldi-Nanna”
- Japanese: “エンニガルディ＝ナンナの博物館”
- Portuguese: “Museu de Enigaldi-Nana”
- Portuguese: “Museu de Ennigaldi-Nanna”
- Russian: “Музей Эннигальди-Нанны”
- Spanish: “Museo de Ennigaldi-Nanna”
- Swedish: “Ennigaldi-Nannas museum”
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