“Revealing the findings at Agaparthea”

For the past four years Dr. Tony Hochard has spent every waking hour searching for the lost city of Agaparthea. Along with his wife June and daughter Eileen, he has searched for evidence of an unrecorded ancient city along the banks of the Euphrates River.  “It may be located further south than we believed at first,” said Dr. June Hochard.  “It could be as far south as the mouth of the Tigris and Euphrates.”

The news arrived late last year that the city had been found.   Not along the Euphrates as everyone had suspected, but along the Tigris river.  “All the evidence we had pointed to the city lying along the banks of the Euphrates,” said June.  “It’s amazing we found it at all considering how far off our estimates were.  It wasn’t until my daughter began researching the hieroglyphs on the pottery fragments [we uncovered earlier] that we realized we were looking along the wrong river.”

Similar references to the “dominant river” in hieroglyphs uncovered in Sumer and Ur all refer to the Euphrates.  During the ancient era of Agaparthea, the dominant river seems to have been the Tigris.  “Without Eileen we would have never considered the reversal,” said June.  “Even though she is only 17, her expertise with languages has been invaluable to our efforts.”

After spending the better part of this year excavating the ruins, the Hochard family has released their preliminary findings.  It sheds light on the mystery of a once remarkable city that shone brightest at the dawn of civilization.

A BRIEF HISTORY

The origins of Agaparthea lay somewhere in the early 4th millennium BC as groups of nomadic hunters and herders settled along the banks of the Tigris river to farm the rich and fertile land.  Over a remarkably short period of time, the city gave rise to a sophisticated societal structure.  The city grew and prospered for almost a thousand years.  Although there is clear evidence the citizens of Agaparthea repelled numerous invaders over the centuries, there is little proof that the city attempted to annex any of the neighboring lands.  This passive approach to diplomacy is quite unusual for ancient cultures.  It seems more likely that the records of foreign conquests were lost or never even recorded.

As the 4th millennium BC drew to a close, Agaparthea was the richest and most powerful state among an ever-growing group of city-states that now included the likes of Sumer and Ur.  Evidence shows that trade among these city-states was prolific and Agaparthean culture heavily influenced growth if its neighbors.

 THE PRELIMINARY FIELDWORK OF AGAPARTHEA  

Our preliminary excavations revealed that the city did not survive into the 3rd millennium BC.  Much of the city was destroyed in a single catastrophic event.  We have yet to uncover a root cause for its destruction, but the collision of a celestial body (like an asteroid or meteor) is likely.  We expect to begin extensive fieldwork around a crater found at the center of the city by next spring.

A CATALOGUE OF ARTIFACTS

This report is intended to detail the preliminary fieldwork information found during the excavation of Agaparthea.  No attempt has been made to create an exhaustive summary of the site yet.  A detailed summery report will be submitted after all artifacts have been catalogued.  Below are summery reports of the few artifacts that have been catalogued, as well as items of interest as they relate to the archeological dig at Agaparthea:

ITEM 1958.0026 – Ceramic Bowl uncovered at Agaparthea.
ITEM 1953.0043 - Pottery Fragment uncovered at Ur.

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