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This article is about the Sumerian city. For the Islamic term, see Ummah.Umma was an ancient city in Sumer, best known for its long frontier conflict with Lagash.
During the 2003 invasion of Iraq, looters descended upon the site as soon as Coalition bombing began; the site is now pockmarked with hundreds of ditches and pits. The archaeological site is now being destroyed and its artifacts stolen and sold. The prospects for future excavation and research are being destroyed in the process, preventing researchers, and thus the world, from learning more about the history and culture of this place.
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