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Woolley of Ur
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Excavations At Ur
First published in 2010. Sir Leonard Woolley was an archaeologist and this book is about his dig at Ur, which is the subject of this classic work, inspired Agatha Christie's Murder in Mesopotamia. When Woolley began work at Dr, little was known about the early civilizations of Mesopotamia. His work at Dr over twelve years, which included the excavation of royal tombs, the discovery of the gold jewellery of Queen PuAbi and the excavation of the famous ziggurat, allowed scholars to reconstruct the civilization of Sumer in the 3rd century B.C.
Early Periods
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Digging Up the Past
Explains at the outset what archaeology is: no mere treasure hunt, but an attempt to explore the pre-history of humanity. The author describes how a 'dig' is organized, on lines as carefully planned as a military campaign. One of the most absorbing sections of his exposition deals with the exact science of 'grave-digging' in the royal cemeteries of antiquity. No less revealing to the general reader is his explanation of how the finds are analyzed and tested before they are admitted as links in the chain of human history.
Spadework
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Digging Up the Past
Introduction to the field of archaeology.
Ur 'of the Chaldees'
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