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'''Eridu''' was a location in [[Mesopotamia]].
'''Eridu''', later known as '''Abu Shahrain''', was a city in [[Mesopotamia]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Out of the Deep (audio story)|Out of the Deep]]'')
 
== History ==
Eridu was founded in around 5000 BCE. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Out of the Deep (audio story)|Out of the Deep]]'')


[[Gilgamesh]] was [[hunting]] on the plains of Eridu when [[Qataka]] lured him to her. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)|Timewyrm: Genesys]]'')
[[Gilgamesh]] was [[hunting]] on the plains of Eridu when [[Qataka]] lured him to her. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timewyrm: Genesys (novel)|Timewyrm: Genesys]]'')


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According to Professor [[Wood (Out of the Deep)|Wood]], Eridu was abandoned long before the [[1st century]]. During Wood and his daughter [[Jessica (Out of the Deep)|Jessica]]'s expedition to the site in the [[1850s]], the [[First Doctor]] and [[Steven Taylor]] had also chanced upon the place. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Out of the Deep (audio story)|Out of the Deep]]'')
 
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Latest revision as of 08:57, 28 November 2022

Eridu

Eridu, later known as Abu Shahrain, was a city in Mesopotamia. (AUDIO: Out of the Deep)

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

Eridu was founded in around 5000 BCE. (AUDIO: Out of the Deep)

Gilgamesh was hunting on the plains of Eridu when Qataka lured him to her. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys)

According to Professor Wood, Eridu was abandoned long before the 1st century. During Wood and his daughter Jessica's expedition to the site in the 1850s, the First Doctor and Steven Taylor had also chanced upon the place. (AUDIO: Out of the Deep)