Remember That Time When Alexander the Great Became Ningirsu? Or, Naming Rights in Mesopotamia

This Week in the Ancient Near East

A temple dedicated to Alexander the Great at the Mesopotamian site of Girsu has us asking questions. Was this the meta-crossover event of the century or just some guys in an office making some plaques for a foreign chump passing through? Our contestants disagree but give a special shoutout to Molly Pitcher, heroine of the New Jersey Turnpike!