Standard of Ur (made around 4,500 years ago). Wooden box inlaid with mosaic, found in southern Iraq At the centre of pretty well all great cities, in the middle of the abundance and the wealth ...

The two sides of the Standard of Ur are in fact a superb and alarmingly early illustration of the military-economic nexus, of the ugly violence, that underlies prosperity. Let's turn to the war ...

Leonard Woolley’s excavation of Ur yielded an archaeologist’s dream: a series of intact burials from one of the world's most important ancient cities.

The Standard of Ur, dating to ca. 2500 B.C., is a foot-and-a-half-long box decorated with mosaics representing a Sumerian king (enthroned above) celebrating with his retinue in the top scene. The ...

For this section, there are two pieces of art that, I believe, do a very good job of showcasing Sumerian Art: the "Standard of Ur” and the "Ziggurat of Ur." The “Standard of Ur," created in 2600 B.C., ...