Ur of the Chaldees, the birthplace of Abraham the Patriarch, was made the base for aeroplane operations of the British Air Force in the move to ward off the attack of the Wahabis on Iraq, Koweit and ...

That Abraham lived near the brick tower of the Ziggurat of Ur and other discoveries closely related to Biblical history are claimed in a report of C. Leonard Woolley, the noted archeologist in charge ...

When it was made: Circa 2550 B.C. Found a century ago in a mass grave in the desert of southern Iraq, this 4,500-year-old statuette may depict the daily ritual associated with destiny and the birth of ...

The musician touched the strings of the golden harp which was decorated with lapis lazuli shells. A dozen young ladies of the harem lay on their backs in two parallel rows; they were dressed alike, ...