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The ruins including the ziggurat "Inner Cdermh", a ziggurat structure of "Baba deer", god of war.
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. In Early Dynastic times the city's patron deity was Ishtar with her consort Ea. Her temple, at Tell Ingharra, was (E)-hursag-kalama. By Old Babylonian times the patron deities had become Zababa, along with his consort, the goddess Bau and Istar. His temple Emeteursag was at Uhaimir.
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Constructed in 1713 AD during the Ottoman era.
An archaeological site with one of the most recognizable surviving ziggurats, built by the Sumero-Akkadian culture to honour local god Nabu.
Housed in a former palace belonging to King Ghazi, the second king of Iraq. This museum features an exhibition on the history of southern Iraqi plains and the many archaeological remains.
A mosque and temple complex containing the tomb of Dhul-Kifl, by some considered being the same person as Ezekiel, central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible.