Excavations at Ur: A Record of Twelve Years' Work - Softcover

Leonard Woolley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0815201109 ISBN 13: 9780815201106

Publisher: Apollo Editions / Thomas Y. Crowell, 1965

Synopsis

Now in present day Iraq, Ur was a city that rose from the "Mounds of Pitch" half way between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf, ten miles west of the Euphrates. Sir Leonard Woolley documents his experience as leader of the great expedition that carried on without interruption until 1934. Before its closure, this significant archaeological dig on the part of both museums established an image of Ur throughout its four thousand years in existence. Indeed, the excavators unearthed much more than they ever expected. This book follows this expedition, recording its every detail. These findings reveal the impressive history of Ur: its beginning, the flood, the Uruk and Jamdat Nasr periods, Al 'Ubaid and the first dynasty of Ur, the Dark Ages, the third dynasty of Ur, the Isin and Larsa periods, the Kassite and Assyrian periods, and finally Nebuchadnezzar and the last days of Ur. Although written earlier in the last century, this treatise is particularly relevant today, in an age when it becomes essential to remember the great treasures yielded from this cradle of civilization that is now modern-day Iraq.

About this edition

• Publisher: Apollo Editions / Thomas Y. Crowell
• Publication date: 1965
• ISBN 10: 0815201109
• ISBN 13: 9780815201106
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 262