Field Map (Image credit: Photo of Penn Museum archival map.) Pit F and the burial that held the 6,500-year-old skeleton shown here in a field map of the Ur site in Iraq.

The coastal city of Ur, now Tell el-Muqayyar in Nasiriya, Iraq, was founded about 5800 years ago. Ur is first mentioned in the 26th century BCE, with Mesannepada as its first recorded king.

It is the ancient Iraqi city of Ur – located in Dhi Qar province, 300km (200 miles) south of the capital Baghdad – and where Pope Francis plans to visit during his historic three-day trip to ...

Leonard Woolley’s excavation of Ur yielded an archaeologist’s dream: a series of intact burials from one of the world's most important ancient cities. Dating from 2600-2300 B.C., a decorative ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — British archaeologists said Thursday they have unearthed a sprawling complex near the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq, home of the biblical Abraham.

Security officers stand atop a wall of the House of Abraham, in the ancient city of Ur, in southern Iraq's Dhi Qar province, on March 6, 2021, amid preparations for Pope Francis's visit to the ...

Investigating Canals Across Time, From Space: Ur Takes A Step Back To See Ancient Networks. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2006 / 04 / 060411224311.htm.

Around 2112 B.C., the Sumerian king Ur-Namma (r. 2112–2095 B.C.) united the city-states of southern Mesopotamia into a short-lived kingdom known today as the Third Dynasty of Ur, or Ur III. More ...

Pope Francis visited the ancient Mesopotamian city of Ur on Saturday, March 6, 2021, on the second day of his historic visit to Iraq (March 5-8).

Unearthing the Oldest Board Game on Record. The original name of this ancient game has been lost to time, but it was dubbed the Royal Game of Ur after a British archaeologist named Sir Leonard ...