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Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetery and Iraq's Ancient Past at the Penn Museum

Excavations at Ur - Photo courtesy Penn MuseumPenn Museum’s world-renowned Mesopotamian Collection from Ur is the centrepiece of a new long-term exhibition exploring Iraq’s Ancient Cultural Heritage that opens October 25th. The exhibition will contain field notes of previous expeditions to the region, photographs, archival documents as well as more than 220 extraordinary ancient artefacts unearthed at the excavation. Famous artefacts such as the Ram-Caught-in-the-Thicket, the Great Lyre with a gold and lapis lazuli bull's head, and  Queen Puabi's jewelry, as well as her headdress and other treasures, will be on display at 'Iraq's Ancient Past: Rediscovering Ur's Royal Cemetery'.

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