This very first museum was inside a temple precinct, scented with baked clay and incense, and was run by a woman with an incredible love for history. Around 530 BC, in the shadow of the great ziggurat of Ur, Babylonian princess and high priestess Ennigaldi-Nanna assembled a collection that included objects already ancient in her time. ...PaleoJudaica has posted on Ennigaldi-Nanna here, here, and here. It's good to have this new article, since the old link on her museum has evaporated.
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