Human Sacrifice In The Ancient Near East: The Royal Tombs of Ur
November 16, 2018
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as posted by the channelIn the 1920's Sir Leonard Woolley unearthed the remains of 6 men and 68 women, all of the victims of human sacrifice. Who were they and how did they die? These are the Royal Tombs of Ur, one of the 20th century's greatest archaeological finds.
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Baadsgaard, Aubrey, et al. “Human Sacrifice and Intentional Corpse Preservation in the Royal Cemetery of Ur.” Antiquity, vol. 85, no. 327, 2011, pp. 27–42., doi:10.1017/s0003598x00067417.
Podany, Amanda H. The Ancient Near East: a Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2014.
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Ricardo Liberato, All Gizah Pyramids, CC BY-SA 2.0
Peulle, Osebergskipet 2016, CC BY-SA 4.0
Wolfman12405, Ramesses II mummy in profile (colored picture), CC BY-SA 4.0
Hardnfast, Ancient ziggurat at Ali Air Base Iraq 2005, CC BY 3.0
Chad Teer from Coquitlam, Canada, Grizz at rest, CC BY 2.0
anonymous, Reconstructed sumerian headgear necklaces british museum, CC BY-SA 3.0
Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), Bull's head of the Queen's lyre from Pu-abi's grave PG 800, the Royal Cemetery at Ur, Southern Mesopotamia, Iraq. The British Museum, London., CC BY-SA 4.0
JMiall, Sheet bronze cauldron british museum, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ham, British Museum from NE 2 (cropped), CC BY-SA 3.0
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