Royal Tombs of Ur

The late 1920s excavation of royal tombs at Ur, in southern Iraq, provided one of the most renowned discoveries in the history of archaeology. Extravagant jewelry of gold, lapis-lazuli, and carnelian, cups of gold and silver, and extraordinary objects of art and culture were among the Mesopotamian treasures uncovered by renowned British archaeologist C. Leonard Woolley in a joint expedition by the British Museum and Penn Museum. The remarkable tombs opened the world's eyes to the full glory of ancient Sumerian culture (2600-2500 B.C.) at its zenith.

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Education

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• penn
• museum
• ur
• tombs
• royal
• iraq
• mesopotamia
• ancient
• archaeology
• wooley
• headdress
• gold
• ram
• caught
• in
• thicket
• lyre
• lapis

[pennmuseum]

TheFaustianMan, you did a great job on your video! Thanks for sharing your visit with us! Keep up the good work and the enthusiasm.

[barnardjb1]

This was very good but is there a second half to it? If so where can I find it? thanks

[pennmuseum]

Sorry there is no second half. The exhibition, The Royal Tombs of Ur will be partially re-installed in the Museum this year. Currently, selected objects including the Ram in the Thicket are on display. We hope to post more material about this exhibition in the near future.

[AKOBADAGETHXIII]

Cool

[ptu33]

Wow that was really interesting and I enjoyed the flow and ease of the narration. I'm currently studying ancient near eastern art and just happened to come across this.

So, thanks for posting it!

[Arabchick21]

@jankraw Also blondes,redheads,light skin,and colored eyes iraqis are not rare at all.They are actually quite common in iraq,among many iraqi ethnic groups.Also,an iraqi having colored eyes or any caucasian facial feature,doesnt mean they are mixed with europeans.Colored eyes,blondes,and redheads always existed in northern middle east.

[Arabchick21]

@jankraw Also,middle east is not an arab region,but a region filled with many ethnic groups.Many ancient middle eastern ethnic groups made their way to what we know as europe today.

[Arabchick21]

@jankraw Umm.....thats not 100% true!!....iraqis dont have colored eyes because they mixed with europeans.Infact ancient caucasian ethnic groups orginated in nothern middle east around iran,afganistan,and armenia and then they moved out to europe.So in other words,scottish and other europeans do infact have their roots in the middle east,because caucasian ethnic groups did orginated in those asian regions we refer to the middle east today.

[Aimaljaffar]

waoooooooooooooooooooooooo



[Potatomiller]

dude... make it shorter....

[knoxvilleguy2]

I've seen many of these objects relatively close - up at a traveling exhibit during the early 21st century. The objects that stood out the most to me were the bull - headed lyre & Queen Puabi's head - dress. Ur seemed like it would've gotten more exposure, but it was " upstaged " by Lord Carnarvon's discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. Also, Egypt was more popular as a " sunny get - away " vacation spot for Europeans.

[Shifank]

smart net tips . tk

[936justme]

Human sacrifice sadly have been part of humanities options I guess, when plan A, B and C fails. Yes people used to do it since day one until today, that I know only Satanist do human sacrifices today. Obviously is illegal but back then it was just your fate if you got captured by war.

[WAKeele]

I wish I had known this and more when I was deployed there in 2004 with the U.S. Air Force. I was able to wander around the site freely. As much as I enjoyed this, this shouldn't have been allowed to happen. I have lots of photos though. It did help lay a strong foundation for my interest in Archaeology and helped lead to my retooling into the field of Archaeology.