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Additional information regarding the antiquity of the exact sciences can be gleaned from the tales about Etana, one of the earliest Sumerian rulers. At first considered a mythical hero, he is now recognized as a historical person. According to the Sumerian King Lists, when kingship - an organized civilization - was "lowered again from heaven" after the Deluge, "kingship was first in Kish" - a city whose remains and antiquity have been found and confirmed by archaeologists.

Its thirteenth ruler was called Etana, and the King Lists, which by and large only list the names of successive rulers and the length of their reigns, make an exception in the case of Etana by adding after his name the following notation: "A shepherd; he who ascended to heaven, who consolidated all the lands."

According to Thorkild Jacobsen (The Sumerian King List) Etana's reign began circa 3100 BC.; excavations at Kish have unearthed the remains of monumental buildings and a ziggurat (stage-temple) dating to the same time. In the aftermath of the Deluge, when the plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers dried sufficiently to enable resettlement, the Cities of the Gods were rebuilt exactly where they had been, according to the "olden plan," Kish, the first City of Men, was entirely new and its place and layout had to be determined.

These decisions, we read in the Tale of Etana, were made by the Gods. Employing scientific knowledge of geometry for layout and astronomy for orientation,

The Gods traced out a city;

Seven Gods laid its foundations.

The city of Kish they traced out,

and there the seven Gods laid its foundation,

A city they established, a dwelling place;

but a Shepherd they withheld.

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