Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Archaeologist Leonard ...
Where it is from: The Royal Cemetery at Ur (modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq) When it was made: Circa 2550 B.C. Related: Oseberg tapestry: Viking Age artwork from a boat burial that may depict the Norse ...
When it was made: Circa 2550 B.C. Found a century ago in a mass grave in the desert of southern Iraq, this 4,500-year-old statuette may depict the daily ritual associated with destiny and the birth of ...