Every story about descent starts with a pull, something that draws you downward, whether you’re ready or not. In Inanna’s case, it was her sister Ereshkigal, queen of the underworld. Ereshkigal wasn’t ...

These pictorial symbols evolved by 3200 B.C. into a complex series of signs of about 600 characters known as Sumerian script. ... Goats were also associated with Enki, a Sumerian god of water, ...