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Bask in the Beauty and Melody of the Ancient Mesopotamian Lyres of Ur

After 4,000 years underground, the Lyres of Ur were first found in the 1920s. Now, musicians are working to reconstruct these ancient sounds in the modern era.

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The Most Lavish Mesopotamian Tomb Ever Found Belongs to a Woman

The Most Lavish Mesopotamian Tomb Ever Found Belongs to a Woman
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The Great Death Pit of Ur: Mass Human Sacrifice in Ancient Mesopotamia

During Sir Charles Leonard Woolley’s excavation of Ur from 1922 to 1934, any burial without a tomb chamber was given the name ‘death pit’ (known also as ‘grave pits’).

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