some of the best mysteries are those shrouded in the mists of time from
cultures long gone and little understood in the days of ancient Iraq there
existed a pre-sumerian culture known as the Ubaid e'en which dates back between
5500 and 4000 BC in ancient Mesopotamia and which is thought to have sort of
kicked off the Sumerian civilization the sites related to this ancient culture
known for their groundbreaking use of unwalled city layouts distinct styles of
pottery unique food processing tools impressive architectural skills for
their time including their complex multi room rectangular mud houses paved
streets surprisingly advanced irrigation systems and elaborate temples as well as
their advanced agricultural know-how have become mecca's for archaeologists
especially the site tel Allah bade which was first excavated by Harry Reginald
Hal in 1919 it is here for a very strange and baffling series of findings
has been made over the decades that have made this already mysterious and
little-known culture all the more enigmatic among these figures of some
unknown race of reptilian humanoids here among the ruins and various intriguing
artifacts left behind from this once great culture have been found an
assortment of decidedly odd figurines that are unique and that they seem to
depict reptilian humanoids of some sort both male and female often wearing
padding on the soldiers and hats or helmets they are featured in a variety
of poses holding various objects such as staffs scepters and in the case of
female figurines even suckling babies that are just as lizard-like as their
mothers the figures are unlike anything else uncovered in the region and feature
elongated heads pointed muzzled faces and slanted almond-shaped eyes all of
them being unambiguously decided not human and displaying mostly very
reptilian features the thing is since the discovery in the 20th century no one
has really been able to figure out what they are supposed to be or what their
significance is it was at first thought that these might be stylized
representations of gods that people worshiped not completely unusual as
there are many cultures that have worshiped a certain and reptilian
deities including the Sumerians themselves with their serpent God Enki
but archaeologists and historians have doubted this origin for a few reasons
one is that the figures are never really made out to be decked out in opulence or
particularly grand clothing which one would expect if they were almighty gods
and another is that the poses they are found in including nursing infants tend
to be mundane unceremonious and non-religious further pushing away the
idea that these were revered deities they seem to be non ritualistic in
nature yet they nevertheless still seem to have been important in some way to
those who created them so if they were not worshipped as gods then why did this
seven thousand year old civilization make all these meticulously crafted
figures of reptilian humanoid creatures that largely depends on who you ask
one idea is that they were just decorative pieces or abstract works of
art the resemblance to reptilian humanoids merely coincidental or an
aesthetic design choice yet if that is the case then why makes so many of them
with the same basic appearance clothing and items there is also the idea that
the Abady and culture might have practiced some sort of body modification
such as skull elongation seen in some other cultures around the world and that
these figures are depictions of these individuals but if so then why there is
also the notion that these figures represent some sort of hoax and were
planted there but modern-day analysis seems to date them back
as indeed being from the Ubaid culture so what is going on here finally a more
fringe idea is that the figurines could possibly be depicting some real race of
aliens or reptilian beings could there have been a race of reptilian humanoids
roaming about and even interacting with this ancient culture who were then
immortalized in these strange figurines there is really no way to know the Ubaid
culture in and of itself is already quite the impenetrable mystery and in
the end we can only guess at what these figures signify or what they really
meant