Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur

by Holly Pittman

This stunning catalogue includes color photographs of more than 230 objects, excavated in the 1930s by renowned British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley, from the third-millennium-B.C. Sumerian city of Ur. Learn the fascinating story of the excavation and preservation of these magnificent artifacts. Many of the objects are published in color and fully described for the first time-jewelry of gold and semiprecious stones, engraved seal stones, spectacular...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0924171545
• ISBN13: 9780924171543
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museum Publication
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.8" x 11.1"