Woolley's discoveries at the Sumerian city of Ur are the most sensational finds in Mesopotamian archaeology. This chapter aims to explain their importance, as well as to recreate some of the original excitement of their discovery.

The home page explains the discovery of the Royal Tombs at the Sumerian city of Ur.

The story tells how the archaeologist Leonard Woolley journeyed to southern Iraq to excavate the site of Ur. This section uses the actual excavation photographs to show the fascinating buildings and other finds he made. It could be used to show that archaeologists have to make choices about where and in what order to make their excavations.

The explore focusses on the spectacular finds Woolley made in the Royal Tombs. Many of these objects, like the Standard of Ur, reveal day-to-day information about life in Sumer, as well as about burial practices.

The tomb challenge is to play a game found by Leonard Woolley in a grave at Ur.