Season''s Work At Ur, Al-''Ubaid, Abu Shahrain-Eridu-And Elsewhere - Being an Unofficial Account of British Museum Archaeological Mission

This classic work from 1930 describes the archaeological mission to Iraq which was a huge leap in the understanding of Mesopotamian history. It chronicles the journey, the excavations and the findings in a personalised account, heavily illustrated with maps, photographs of the locations and the findings, offering great insight into a special investigation of its time.

List of contents

Preface 1. From London to Babylon, via Bombay and Baghdad 2. From Babylon to Ur 3. Ur of the Chaldees 4. The Work and the Workers 5. In Camp at Ur 6. The Work at Ur 7. Abu Shahrain 8. Al-‘Ubaid 9. From Ur to London via Jerusalem and Dair Al-Bahri

Summary

This classic work from 1930 describes the archaeological mission to Iraq which was a huge leap in the understanding of Mesopotamian history. It chronicles the journey, the excavations and the findings in a personalised account, heavily illustrated.

Product details

• Authors: H. R. Hall, H.R. Hall
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.10.2014
• EAN: 9781138813533
• ISBN: 978-1-138-81353-3
• No. of pages: 322
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Archaeology; Routledge Library Editions: Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Reference works, Archaeology by period / region, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology