Eridu, later known as Abu Shahrain, was a city in Mesopotamia. (AUDIO: Out of the Deep [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)
History[]
Eridu was founded in around 5000 BCE. (AUDIO: Out of the Deep [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)
Gilgamesh was hunting on the plains of Eridu when Qataka lured him to her. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys [+]John Peel, Virgin New Adventures (Virgin Books, 1991).)
According to Professor Wood, Eridu was abandoned long before the 1st century. During Wood and his daughter Jessica's expedition to the site in the 1850s, the First Doctor and Steven Taylor had also chanced upon the place. (AUDIO: Out of the Deep [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)