“The Royal Tombs of Ur” opens with Witthoft briefly describing the ancient biblical city of Ur, and the drastic influences on modern archaeology. The opening paragraph of the article also goes into detail about the many treasures that were found in the Royal Tombs, such as a bull harp, a statuette of a ram, and a queens headdress. Woolley undercovered these artifacts, as well as several others between the years of 1922-1928. It wasn’t until the season until 1927-28 when he undercovered the objects of the “Royal Cemetery.” A year after the discoveries of Ur were found, Woolley wrote a book to officially publicized his findings. The title of this book is called “Ur Excavations, Vol 2, The Royal Cemetery.” It wasn’t until 1934 when this was
