When Leonard Woolley excavated the Royal Cemetery of Ur in the late 1920s, he uncovered a scene that looked remarkably suspended in time. In a submerged brick pit, dozens of attendants lay side by si…
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When Leonard Woolley excavated the Royal Cemetery of Ur in the late 1920s, he uncovered a scene that looked remarkably suspended in time. In a submerged brick pit, dozens of attendants lay side by si…