Archaeologists uncover 5,000-year-old pub restaurant in Iraq
A view of the site of the ancient city-state of Lagash in Iraq's al-Shatra district on February 11, 2023, where Italian and US archaeologists unearthed a Sumerian "tavern" nearly 5,000 years old, complete with benches, a cooling system acting as a refrigerator and bowls containing leftover food. PHOTO | ASAAD NIAZI | AFP
Archaeologists in southern Iraq have uncovered the remains of a tavern dating back nearly 5,000 years they hope will illuminate the lives of ordinary people in the world's first cities.
The US-Italian team made the find in the ruins of ancient Lagash, Northeast of the modern city of Nasiriyah, which was already known to have been one of the first urban centres of the Sumerian civilisation of ancient Iraq.
