US mission to reach recent discoveries in the ancient city of Ur

US mission to reach recent discoveries in the ancient city of Ur


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US Joint Prospecting Mission operating in the city of Ur archaeological southwest of Nasiriyah, on Monday announced the conclusion of the season exploratory second in the eastern part of the city, pointing to the arrival of discoveries dating back to the Third Dynasty of Ur and the descendants of Gilgamesh, while confirming providing enormous information on the nature of the social and economic life in the ages The first civilization. The executive director of the work of excavations conducted by the mission excavation US in the city of Ur archaeological Dr. Abdul Amir al - Hamdani (range), " The US - Iraqi joint mission , led by Dr. Elizabeth Stone of Stone Brook University in New York, which includes archaeologists from the American universities and European as well as archaeologists Iraqis, recently concluded the second season in the exploratory eastern part of the city of Ur behind the ancient royal tomb. "
He said al - Hamdani, that " the mission carried through its open 3 boxes to explore different depths, the first warm inside the residential and the second at the eastern edge of the lane residential and third next to the outer fence of the city of Ur archaeological to", noting that "the excavation revealed the role and alleys and streets and role - based wage and other mud (milk) contains a number of rooms, fireplaces and bathrooms and includes various graves inside the skeletons with widgets that were used by people dead during their lives.
he continued Executive Director of the work of excavations, that "many of the tools and machines that were used by the population in their lives Aleo discovered Yeh, as well as pottery and number of clay and legal codes, economic and literary texts and texts especially regarding the city of Ur in the era of (Aisne Larsa) and Ur III written in cuneiform and in the Sumerian language , "noting that" archaeological discoveries at the site revealed a number of cultural classes, upper - class ones dating back to the ancient Babylonian era and the class that followed back to the Aisne Larsa strain third layer belonging to the third Dynasty of Ur It represents an era stretching for about 250 years of the history of the city of Ur archaeological. "
the al - Hamdani," the findings illustrate the nature of life in the ancient Iraqi cities that witnessed the events epic of Gilgamesh Especially those cities that existed in the era extending between the twentieth century and the eighteenth century BC, from the era of the third dynasty of Ur to the era of Hammurabi, "noting that" the city of Ur archaeological saw the writing and the application of the first and my law in history represents the law of Ur growth (2113 BC) that precedes the law and Obelisk Hammurabi. "
The expert pointed out that the archaeological " and previous subsequent discoveries of archaeological showed, that the city of Ur trade relations with India, Oman, Iran and other neighboring countries and cities , " pointing to " the discovery of stones and minerals originating in return for those countries." He described al - Hamdani , the results of the exploration of "good being led to discoveries of enormous information and provide answers to the questions were on the table about the nature of life of the population and the nature of the economic and administrative system , in that historical period , " likely that " the US Joint Mission resume exploration work in the off - season exploratory third over the next year," noting that " the mission operates within a contract with the General Authority for Antiquities running five years , subject
to extension."


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