Ur: The City of the Moon God (Archaeological Histories)

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The ancient Mesoptamian city of Ur was once a Sumerian city state which flourished as a centre of trade and civilisation between 2800–2000 BCE. Alternatively, in the contemporary past it suffered from the disastrous Gulf war and from neglect. It still remains a potent symbol for people of all faiths and will have crucial role to play sooner or later.

This account of Ur’s past looks at both the ancient city and its evolution over centuries, and its archaeological interpretation in more contemporary times. From the 19th century explorers and their identification of the web site of Mukayyar as the Biblical city of Ur, the study proceeds to look in detail on the archaeologist Leonard Woolley and his key discoveries all over the 1920s and 30s. The usage of the findings as a framework and utilising the contemporary evidence from environmental, historical and archaeological studies, the volume explores the web site’s past in chronological order from the Ubaid period in the 5th millennium to the death of Alexander. It looks in detail on the architectural remains: the sacred buildings, royal graves and also the private housing which provides a unique record of life 4000 years ago. The volume also describes the part played by Ur in the Gulf war and discusses the problems raised for archaeologists in the war’s aftermath.

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