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From UR, Mesopotamia about 2500 bc
Ancient Mesopotamia was the cradle of civilization. Between 6000-15000bc there were critical advances in the development of human civilization. Small horticultural settlements developed into the worlds first cities. Try these links
Joined: Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:06 am Posts: 418 Location: uk
Here are some pictures I took in the British museum from the graves of Ur. From 1922 to 1934 British archaeologist,Leonard Woolley, led the excavation at the ancient Mesopotamia city of Ur (in what is now present day southern Iraq). This was a joint venture between the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Most of Woolleys work focus was on the so called royal cemetery, that went back to around 2500 bc. Of some 1850 graves found, 16 of them, Woolley called royal graves because of the rich grave goods found within them.
The standard of Ur. Inlay of shell, lapis and limestone
Gameboard. Inlay of shell lapis and limestone
This is lapis lazuli and gold. A ram in the thickett nibbling leaves from a tree or bush
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