In the early 20th century, architects turned to a newly discovered past to craft novel visions of the future: the ancient history of Mesopotamia. Eva Miller traces how both the mythology of Babel and ...

In the early 20th century, architects and artists like Hugh Ferriss drew on the myths and monuments of ancient Babylon to imagine futuristic skylines—melding ziggurats with modernism in a visionary ...

Ur is first mentioned in the 26th century BCE, with Mesannepada as its first recorded king. The Patron Deity of Ur was the Moon God Nanna, and the city was known as The abode of Nanna.

The prize piece is the Standard of Ur (below), a trapezoidal box, 18-1/2 inches long by 8 inches high, that depicts battle and banquet scenes in elaborately detailed mosaics composed of shell and ...

'Tilmun' traders are thought to have brought several hundred kilograms of copper to Southern Mesopotamia during the 3rd millennium BCE, which includes Ur. It's unclear whether Tilmun describes the ...

Their culture embraced music, poetry, and religious rituals. The Sumerians left an enduring architectural legacy with their intricate artwork, such as the Royal Standard of Ur. Writing And Law-Making ...

The famous Standard of Ur, a Sumerian artifact, has lapis lazuli in its detailed mosaic design, showing the stone's prominence in early Mesopotamian culture. In addition to its beauty, lapis ...

Teak from Malabar, red Indian marble and ivory were reaching Ur and the young city states of ancient Mesopotamia and the wider Persian Gulf region by c.2500 BCE.

The Standard of Ur, dating to ca. 2500 B.C., is a foot-and-a-half-long box decorated with mosaics representing a Sumerian king (enthroned above) celebrating with his retinue in the top scene.

Throughout history, jewelry has been a symbol of status, wealth, and power. Though the wealthiest may have adorned themselves in precious gems, stones, and metals, in the ancient world, jewelry was ...

Woolley is most renowned for his excavations in the ancient Sumerian city of Ur between 1922 and 1934. The findings there are among the most significant archaeological events of the 20th century: ...