Cabinet agrees to finance the development of the ancient city of Ur

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Dhi Qar province, announced the cabinet's approval to finance the project to develop the ancient city of Ur west of Nasiriyah, noting that the government has promised to allocate funds for the project.

The governor said Yahya Naciri said that the province put to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during his attendance at the official ceremony for the opening of Gharraf field, the idea of ​​financing the development of the city of Ur archaeological sites, through the construction of tourist facilities and rehabilitation of archaeological sites and extending road networks, as well as festivals and cultural events there.

He added that al-Maliki had agreed to the project and promised to allocate the necessary funds to finance it through one of the federal ministries, "noting that" the management of the town periphery made contacts with the Inspectorate of the effects of Dhi Qar and the Union of Writers and Book of Dhi Qar, and a number of archaeologists, to shape their perceptions about the project and the prospects for development and the preparation of statements and costs required to accomplish.

And between Nazareth to the city of Ur archaeological zones include large and diverse, the need to pay attention to them and highlight them to be a magnet for tourists and pilgrims who wish to visit the House of the Prophet Abraham and other archaeological sites. "

The Dhi Qar province, which includes the family of the Prophet Abraham, the ziggurat of Ur archaeological sites, one of the richest cities Iraqi archaeological sites important are comprised of more than 1,200 archaeological sites, including the oldest archaeological site in the "Tel Alauala" west of the city of Nasiriyah, back to 6000 years BC. M., and archaeological sites Others return to the era of the dawn of breeds, age Akkadian, and the era of empire Orr, and the era Babylonian ancient and modern, and the period of the Macedonian and الفرثية and Sassanian, passing through the Ages Islamic represented Balasran the Umayyad and Abbasid also includes archaeological sites have a value of civilization in the history of the ancient Near East is in Eridu historical (5000 years BC .), and the kingdoms of Lagash, Chriso and Uma "Jouka" and the Kingdom to Larsa and Zbilam of the as "Bzyk" the iPad Tbera the Kingdom as well as the famous kingdom of Ur.


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This could really be some good stuff for Iraq, I would love to see them start excavating archialogical sites there. That place is very full of ancient history, there is just no telling how much information is burried in the sand over there.