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Enhanced Understanding of the city-state, Ur
Enhanced Understanding of the city-state, Ur
Reading about the city of Ur
Reading about the city of Ur
In its time, Ur was a city of enormous size, scope, and opulence which drew its vast wealth from its position on the Persian Gulf and the trade this allowed with countries as far away as India.
The present site of the ruins of Ur are much further inland than they were at the time when the city flourished owing to silting of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Explore the Royal Tombs of Ur
Explore the Royal Tombs of Ur
Click the image (right) to examine an interactive tomb exploration.
From 1922 to 1934, an archaeologist named C. Leonard Woolley excavated the site of the ancient Sumerian city of Ur. He made many exciting discoveries while excavating the "Royal tombs" at Ur. He learned a great deal about how people lived and what they believed by studying the burials.
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