Sunday, April 27, 2025
A New Weapons System at Old Ur
Fred Winter - CAI
This presentation examines the practice of warfare in the Sumerian era and the changes that resulted by the development of new military technologies in the later third millennium BCE.
The lecture draws upon set of finds from Sir Leonard Woolley's excavations during the 1920s-1930s at the third millennium BCE site of Biblical Ur.
A reexamination of these artifacts from the excavations in Ur's Royal Cemetery led to the identification of a "new" set of projectile weapons, and illustrates how even established and venerable archaeological collections can lead to new interpretations of past behaviors.
This event will be held at Jerusalem Mediterranean Restaurant (3400 Washington Drive / Falls Church / VA 22041.
Luncheon at 2 pm / Lecture at 3 pm
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