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Standing male worshiper, Early Dynastic I-II, ca. 2900–2600 B.C, Mesopotamia, Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar), Sumerian, Gypsum alabaster, shell, black limestone, bitumen, 11 5/8 x 5 1/8 x 3 7/8 in. (29.5 x 12.9 x 10 cm), Stone-Sculpture, In Mesopotamia gods were thought to be physically present in the materials and experiences of daily life. Enlil, considered the most powerful Mesopotamian god during most of the third millennium B.C, was a 'raging storm' or 'wild bull,' while the goddess Inanna reappeared in different guises as the morning and evening star. (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)