Still more Ur

[whafford]

This month's museum blog entry about the Ur project covers the idea of a 'standard house' at the site in the Old Babylonian Period. In fact, there is a lot of debate about just what the 'ideal house' was. There is a good deal of difficulty in reconstructing a house above the remains that still exist. Just how high was the roof? Was there a second

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[themouseketeer]

I love reading about all the things you are discovering and deciphering. It really brings it to life so excitingly. Thank you for sharing it all with the rest of us.

I am off to Orkney again this Summer and I just can't wait to see how much further they have got in the excavation of the Ness of Brodgar since I was there last. It is neolithic, but later than Ur - I find it completely fascinating how different countries were at such radically different levels of development at the same chronological time.

[whafford]

Thanks for following my updates on Ur and especially for letting me know you enjoy them. It shows me that there's a point to posting.

And Orkney sounds great. I've been fairly far north in Scotland, but never up to the islands. I hope things go well there and that the excavations proceed smoothly.