The Ziggurat of Ur was built a bit later (about 680 years ... British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley led an in-depth excavation of the monument, uncovering what was left of the structure ...

In the 1920s Dr. Leonard Wooley, a British archaeologist, in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania and The British Museum, began excavation of the Ziggurat of Ur. The Ziggurat has been ...

It was there, in 1922, that he received the commission to direct the excavation at Ur. Stairway to HeavenBuilt around 2000 B.C., when Ur was the capital of a Mesopotamian empire, the ziggurat ...

WOOLLEY'S first report on the excavations of the current season ... about 3000 B.C., below the platform of Ur-Engur's ziggurat, records several features which are new, some of them by no means ...

WOOLLEY'S lecture on “The Year's Work at Ur”, given at the Royal Institution ... of appraising the results of this brief season's excavations than has been possible from the summary reports ...

The empire’s second city, Ur, approached history ... Woolley during his decade-long excavation of the ancient Mesopotamian city’s palace complex and ziggurat. At first, Woolley was baffled ...

This photo taken on April 8, 2025 shows a view of the Ziggurat of Ur in al-Nasiriyah, Iraq. The ancient city of Ur, which is famous for the Ziggurat of Ur built by Sumerians, is believed to be one ...