The ancient Mesopotamian civilization, said to have been created by the Sumerians in the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is known as the oldest civilization in the world.
Archaeologists who are conducting archaeological excavations there have found some strange remains dating back 7,000 years at the Ter al-Ubaid archaeological site in Iraq in the early 20th century.
It is a humanoid figure that looks like a lizard and is presumed to belong to the prehistoric civilization of Mesopotamia, the "Ubaid culture".
Ubaid culture in the southernmost part of Mesopotamia
The "Ubai culture" is a prehistoric culture that originated in Mesopotamia and dates back to 5500 BC to 4000 BC.
The Ubaid culture originated in the southernmost part of Mesopotamia, but has a clear connection with the culture that was previously born in central Mesopotamia.
It is unclear where the Ubaids came from, and the questions surrounding the origins of Sumerian and Sumerian civilizations are also implicated. By the way, the ethnic ancestry of the Sumerians is still unknown.
It is said that the Ubaid people lived in mud brick houses, formed large villages, developed architecture and agriculture, and used irrigation for farming.
According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, some of these villages have evolved into towns, temples have been built, and megastructures found in major Sumerian cities such as Eridus, Ur, and Uruk have emerged. According to Sumerian literature, your was the first city.
Located near your in southern Iraq, the Tel al-Ubaid site is a small hill that is one of the oldest civilizations in the world
A humanoid lizard statue found at the Ter Ubaid site
This time, the strange relic was found in ruins called Tel al Ubaid, but also found in both your and Eri.
The Tel al-Ubaid site is a small hill with a diameter of 500 meters and a height of 2 meters, and when Harry Reginald Hull first excavated in 1919, statues of men and women in different poses were found.
Ubaid culture lizard figures found in Iraq
Most of the statues are covered with things like helmets, and there are cushion-like bulges on the shoulders.
In addition, there are statues that are considered symbols of justice and domination, holding things like scepters or wats.
The poses of the statues vary, but the strangest is the figure of a woman holding a nursing baby. Babies also look like lizards.
A lizard-headed woman unearthed from your around 4000 BC holds a child. Currently in the Iraqi Museum
Why is the head shaped like a lizard?
The statue has an elongated head, almond-shaped eyes, an elongated face, and a lizard-like nose, much like a reptile.
It is not entirely clear what this represents.
Archaeologists say that the image of a nursing woman is not a ritual. If so, what exactly do these Ubaid lizard humanoids represent?
Whatever these statues were, they all seemed important to the ancient Ubaids. Snakes, such as the god Enki of Sumalian, are used in many civilizations as the main symbol of many gods.
The snake was later used as a symbol of the "Snake Brotherhood", a secret society in ancient society. Is there a connection between the snake symbol and the lizard-like expression?
So far, the answer to this mystery is unknown.