Headdress and Necklaces from the Royal Cemetery of Ur

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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An elaborate headdress and necklace made of gold, lapis lazuli, and carnelian which belonged to a high-level Sumerian woman. These were found in the "Great Death-Pit", one of the graves in the Royal Cemetery at Ur. From Ur, southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Early dynastic period, 2600-2400 BCE. (The British Museum, London)

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2014, March 31). Headdress and Necklaces from the Royal Cemetery of Ur. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2457/headdress-and-necklaces-from-the-royal-cemetery-of/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Headdress and Necklaces from the Royal Cemetery of Ur." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 31 Mar 2014. Web. 20 Feb 2025.

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