Unearthing the splendour of Ur in Iraq

By Mehdi Lebouachera, in Tell al-Muqayyar for AFP

With the country ravaged by war and strife since the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, Baghdad's struggling government has had greater priorities than funding large-scale digs at Ur - the birth place of Abraham and one of the cradles of civilisation - where only small teams have been working since 2005.

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