In southern Iraq, in the land of the “first cities”, American and Italian archaeologists discovered a Sumerian “bar” dating back about five thousand years, which had a cooling system that worked like a refrigerator, as well as seats and bowls of leftovers. its religious elite. What interests archaeologists from the American University of Pennsylvania and their Italian colleagues from the Italian University of Pisa, who are working on a cheating site, are the diaries of “ordinary people” of that time.
Five thousand years ago, the city of Lagash was closely associated with the cities of neighboring countries such as Gersu and Negin, which were important political and religious centers of the Sumerian civilization and experienced their heyday during the period of ancient dynasties between 2900 BC. 2334 BC
The “bar” that was discovered dates back to 2700 BC, explains Holly Pittman, who runs the Lagos Archaeological Mission Project at the University of Pennsylvania.
Bateman points to the existence of a “cooling system” consisting of a jar surrounded by “large earthenware pots taken apart and stacked on top of each other”, which is believed to have served as a pottery “cooler”.
