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Sir Leonard Woolley

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Noun1.Sir Leonard Woolley - English archaeologist who supervised the excavations at Ur (1880-1960)


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The attendant, together with several hundred others, was discovered in 16 royal tombs that generated international headlines in the 1920s when they were unearthed by British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley at Ur, near modern-day Nasiriya in southern Iraq.
Woolley was the elder brother of Sir Leonard Woolley, the famous archaeologist who discovered the City of Ur.
An exhibition, also funded by Raymond and Beverly Sackler, which was opened in 1991 is devoted to early Mesopotamia and includes gold and silver treasures from the Royal Cemetery at Ur, excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley between 1922 and 1934.
 
 
 
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