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Ur Kasdim (Hebrew: אוּר כַּשְׂדִּים, romanized: ʾŪr Kaśdīm), commonly translated as Ur of the Chaldeans, is a city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the birthplace of Abraham, the patriarch of the Israelites and the Ishmaelites.
- Ziggurat of Ur
The Ziggurat (or Great Ziggurat) of Ur (Sumerian: 𒂍𒋼𒅎𒅍...
- Chaldea
Chaldea (/ k æ l ˈ d iː ə /) was a small country that...
- Ur
The biblical Ur is mentioned four times in the Torah or...
- Ziggurat of Ur
Ur of the Chaldeans is generally identified with modern Tell Muqayyar in southern Iraq, about 160 km (as the bird flies) northwest of the modern city of Basra, well-known from the current Iraq-Iran war. This site was chiefly excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley between 1922 and 1934.
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Ur was the first archaeological site to be excavated under a permit from the Department of Antiquities of the new nation of Iraq. As such, its artifacts became the first major group to be accessioned when the Iraq National Museum was created.
By Edward M. Luby. Sir Leonard Woolley, renowned as the excavator of “Ur of the Chaldees,” was no stranger to publicity.
It will be essential information gathered together in one place, helpful to archaeologists, architectural historians, anthropologists, art historians, philologists, educators, students, and the interested general public.
