Uruk was once the templed city of Inanna and priceless artifacts such as her mask and vase have been recovered after looting during the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.
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Home to Gilgamesh, Uruk was the major force of urbanization and state formation during the 4th millennium BC. In Epic of Gilgamesh, the king is said to have built the city’s monumental walls.