The city of Ur--now modern Tell el-Muqayyar in southern Iraq, also called Ur of the Chaldees in the Bible--was one of the most important Sumerian cities in Mesopotamia during the Early Dynastic Period in the first half of the third millennium BCE. The city is known for its impressive wealth and artistic achievements, evidenced by the richly decorated objects found in the so-called Royal Cemetery, which was excavated by the British Museum and the...
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