History & heritageHillah, Iraq
Kish
Ancient Sumerian city.
About
Kish is an important archaeological site in Babil Governorate (Iraq), located 80 km (50 mi) south of Baghdad and 12 km (7.5 mi) east of the ancient city of Babylon. The Ubaid period site of Ras al-Amiyah is 8 km (5.0 mi) away. It was occupied from the Ubaid period to the Hellenistic period.
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Location
Open map: Kish and 6 nearby attractions32.54028, 44.60472 · Hillah
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Photo credits (6)
- Babylon: Mohamm3dfadil · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
- Kutha: Near_East_topographic_map-blank.svg : Sémhur derivative work: Zunkir ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
- Jemdet Nasr: Jastrow · Public domain · Commons
- Borsippa: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
- Ezekiel's Tomb: American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Dept., photographer / Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection. · Public domain · Commons
- Dilbat: MapMaster · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons






