National Geographic History (March/April 2016)
Language: English
Pages: 100
ISBN: B01HOT9G68
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
National Geographic History not only inflames and quenches the curiosity of history buffs, it informs and entertains anyone who appreciates that the truth indeed is stranger than fiction. And that history is not just about our forebears. It’s about us. It’s about you.
National Geographic History – March/April 2016-P2P
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was employed by British intelligence in the Middle East when Turkish forces captured and held him prisoner for two years. After the war, he directed a dig in EgyptatTellelArmana,siteofthepharaoh Akhenaten’s capital city. It was there, in 1922, that he received the commission to direct the excavation at Ur. A Golden Mystery For the first four seasons at Ur, Woolley concentrated on the area around the ziggurat, or temple tower. This structure was a stepped pyramid, erected during the third dynasty
to describe in some detail the macabre funeral rites of the kings and queens of ancient Ur. In addition to the 16 royal tombs, Woolley excavated about 600 minor graves, which enabled scholars to date the tombs to as early as 2600– 2300 B.C. In contrast with earlier digs in which irreversible damage was often done to sites on the whim of the director, Woolley’s excavations were meticulous. His discoveries had profound repercussions for the way that ancient Mesopotamia was, and is, regarded. The
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