Sir leonard woolley biography

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    Leonard Charles Woolley life and biography

    Sir Leonard Charles Woolley (April 17, 1880 – February 20, 1960) was a British archaeologist, best known for his excavations at Ur in Sumer, ancient Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq).

    His work resulted in some of dramatic discoveries, including royal tombs, which revealed much about ancient Mesopotamian culture, including Queen Pu-Abi's jewelry and other beautiful, valuable items. The discovery of her well-preserved tomb allowed Woolley to reconstruct the nature of her funeral ceremony, which included the burial of her attendants, who died in order to continue serving her in the afterlife.

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  • Woolley's work also included findings of sediment that he believed were evidence of The Flood recorded in the Bible at the time of Noah. He suggested that the flood was actually limited to the region between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, being the whole of the known world at that time, rather than a universal phenomenon.

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