Moments of discovering the royal cemetery in Ur
Breathtaking moments...
The Royal Cemetery of Ur is an archaeological site in Dhi Qar Governorate in southern Iraq. The first excavations at Ur took place between 1922 and 1934 under the supervision of Leonard Woolley in cooperation with the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Discovery
Maskalamdog helmet, a copy of the electrical type in the British Museum, the original is in the Iraq Museum, Baghdad
The process began in 1922 by digging trial trenches, so that Woolley could get an idea of the layout of the ancient city. In one of the trenches where nothing was initially discovered, archaeologist Leonard Woolley decided to dig deeper. There, clay vases, limestone, small bronze objects and various beads were found. Woolley thought there might be gold beads, and to entice the workers to retrieve them when they found them, Woolley offered a sum of money - which led to the discovery of the gold beads after the workers bought them back from the goldsmith to whom they had sold them.
This discovery is known as one of the greatest archaeological achievements in the history of Iraq, as more than 2,500 tombs were found in one place, and in the middle of this discovery
Something strange was discovered, as 16 cemeteries were found, including mass graves in which members of the Sumerian royal families were buried collectively, along with their entourage, followers, belongings, precious treasures, and furniture, in a unique way that was not repeated in other places in Iraq, without knowing the real reason for that!!!
Source
A book from the tablets of Sumer to the Torah
Fadel Abdel Wahed / pages 74 to 77