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PMR527-06 Iraq: Ur, the oldest known large city, founded perhaps 6000 years ago, the Sumerian capital in its heyday, the third millennium BC, and according to the Bible, birthplace of Abraham as "Ur of the Chaldees": view to the east from the ziggurat with the foundations of Ekhursag palace/shrine, and the Euphrates in the far distance. Keywords: architecture, natural heritage, archeology, archeological, historical, desert, ruined city, Mesopotamia

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Photographer: Peter Michael Rhodes
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PMR527-06
Upload Date: 2013-04-30 15:24:32
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Iraq: Ur, the oldest known large city, founded perhaps 6000

years ago, the Sumerian capital in its heyday, the third millennium BC, and according to the Bible, birthplace of Abraham as "Ur of the Chaldees":
view to the east from the ziggurat with the foundations of Ekhursag palace/shrine, and the Euphrates in the far distance.
Keywords: architecture, natural heritage, archeology, archeological, historical, desert, ruined city, Mesopotamia