The rediscovery of Ur -- The earliest levels at Ur -- Uruk and Jemdat Nasr phases -- The rise of the city state -- Art and technology: objects from the royal cemetery -- The defeat of the city state ...
Leonard Woolley waxing a skeleton for removal, in Ur (1929-1930) (courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology) After excavation, ancient artifacts embark on an ...