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British archaeologist (1880–1960)
Sir Charles Leonard Woolley (17 April 1880 – 20 February 1960) was a British archaeologist best known for his excavations at Ur in Mesopotamia. He is
Leonard_Woolley
British archaeologist
principally at the Mesopotamian site of Ur. She was married to archaeologist Leonard Woolley. Katharine Menke was born in Birmingham, England in June 1888 to German
Katharine_Woolley
British Army officer, diplomat and writer (1888–1935)
worked under Hogarth, R. Campbell Thompson of the British Museum, and Leonard Woolley until 1914. He later stated that everything that he had accomplished
T._E._Lawrence
Early Bronze Age ziggurat in present-day Iraq
excavated in the 1920s and 1930s by international teams led by Sir Leonard Woolley. Under Saddam Hussein in the 1980s, they were encased by a partial
Ziggurat_of_Ur
Ancient Mesopotamian board game
because it was first rediscovered by the English archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley during his excavations of the Royal Cemetery at Ur between 1922 and
Royal_Game_of_Ur
Mesopotamian copper merchant of the Bronze Age
Ea-nāṣir during his career, other findings from the excavations by Leonard Woolley suggest that Ea-nāṣir was ultimately forced to live in more modest
Ea-nāṣir
Archaeological site in southern Iraq
excavations at Ur took place between 1922 and 1934 under the direction of Leonard Woolley in association with the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania
Royal_Cemetery_at_Ur
Birthplace of Abraham, possibly in Iraq
(Ur) near Nasiriyah in the Baghdad Eyalet of Ottoman Iraq. In 1927, Leonard Woolley excavated the site and identified it as a Sumerian archaeological site
Ur_of_the_Chaldees
Ancient musical instruments found in Iraq
"Bull-Headed Lyre". In 1929, archaeologists led by the British archaeologist Leonard Woolley, representing a joint expedition of the British Museum and the University
Lyres_of_Ur
Queen of Ur
BC), also called Shubad or Shudi-Ad due to a misinterpretation by Leonard Woolley, was an important queen in the Sumerian city of Ur, during the First
Puabi
Ancient trading post on the Mediterranean coast of Syria
Al-Mina (Arabic: 'the port') is the modern name given by Leonard Woolley to an ancient trading post on the Mediterranean coast of northern Syria, at the
Al-Mina
Sumerian high priestess, c. 2300 BC
existence was first rediscovered by modern archaeology in 1927, when Sir Leonard Woolley excavated the Giparu in the ancient city of Ur and found an alabaster
Enheduanna
Oldest known written complaint (c. 1750 BC)
the poor service and mistreatment of his servant. Discovered by Sir Leonard Woolley in Ur, it is usually kept in the British Museum. Written in Akkadian
Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-nāṣir
Ancient Mesopotamian city-state
material was conducted initially in 1919 by Henry Hall and later by Leonard Woolley. Later, a layer of soil covered the occupation levels from the Ubaid
Ur
British archaeologist (1904–1978)
studied classics at Oxford University, he was trained for archaeology by Leonard Woolley at Ur and Reginald Campbell Thompson at Nineveh. He then directed a
Max_Mallowan
Ancient copper sculpture from Ur, Iraq
al-'Ubaid near the ancient city of Ur, now in southern Iraq, by Sir Leonard Woolley in 1923. The sculpture, which dates from about 2600 BC, is now in the
Copper_Bull
Topics referred to by the same term
Charles Woolley may refer to: Sir Charles Leonard Woolley (1880–1952), British archaeologist Charles A. Woolley (1834–1922), Australian photographer Charles
Charles_Woolley
One of the oldest stringed instruments ever discovered
jointly by the University of Pennsylvania and the British Museum. Leonard Woolley led the excavations. The lyre was found in “The King’s Grave”, near
Bull_Headed_Lyre_of_Ur
Prehistoric period of Mesopotamia
Ubaid period material was conducted initially by Henry Hall in 1919, Leonard Woolley in 1922–1923, and later by Pinhas Delougaz in 1937. Excavations continue
Ubaid_period
Name list
Sinhala army brigadier Leonard Woolf (1880-1969), English author, political theorist, and husband of Virginia Woolf Leonard Woolley (1880–1960), British
Leonard
British colonial administrator
Sarah Woolley. He had seven sisters and three brothers, including the famous archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley and Rev. Geoffrey Harold Woolley, the first
George_Cathcart_Woolley
Archaeological site in Iraq
the Study of Iraq, vol. 22, Ur in Retrospect. In Memory of Sir C. Leonard Woolley, pp. 23–31, (Spring – Autumn, 1960) Lloyd, S., "The Oldest City of
Eridu
Sculptures excavated at Ur, in southern Iraq
graves in the Royal Cemetery at Ur, by archaeologist Leonard Woolley during the 1928–29 season. Woolley was in charge of the joint venture between the British
Ram_in_a_Thicket
Akhenaten's capital of Egypt, 1346–1332 BC
returned to excavation at Amarna under the direction of T.E. Peet, Sir Leonard Woolley, Henri Frankfort, Stephen Glanville, and John Pendlebury. Mary Chubb
Amarna
National museum in London, England
collected in Central Africa, Aurel Stein in Central Asia, D. G. Hogarth, Leonard Woolley and T. E. Lawrence excavated at Carchemish. Around this time, the American
British_Museum
15th-century BC King of Alalakh
known mainly from an inscription on his statue found at Alalakh by Leonard Woolley in 1939. According to that inscription, he was a son of Ilim-Ilimma
Idrimi
Archaeological culture
Gözü. Small amounts of Halaf material were also excavated in 1913 by Leonard Woolley at Carchemish, on the Turkish/Syrian border. However, the most important
Halaf_culture
period material was conducted initially by Henry Hall and later by Leonard Woolley. In South Mesopotamia the period is the earliest known period on the
Art_of_Mesopotamia
Ancient Middle Eastern sculpture
sculpture found at the site of Alalakh by the British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley in 1939, dating from the 15th century BC. The statue is famous for
Statue_of_Idrimi
King of Ur
75–101. Woolley, Leonard (1925). "The Excavations at Ur, 1923–1924". Antiquaries Journal. 5: 1–20. doi:10.1017/S0003581500015249. Woolley, Leonard (1974)
Ur-Nammu
In the Bible, son of Shem, the son of Noah
the same bank where Ur, identified by Leonard Woolley in 1927 as Ur of the Chaldees, is located. Until Woolley's identification of Ur, Arpachshad was understood
Arpachshad
Ancient Sumerian artifact
associated with Ur-Pabilsag, a king who died around 2550 BC. Sir Leonard Woolley's excavations in Mesopotamia from 1927–1928 uncovered the artifact in
Standard_of_Ur
Earliest known museum
Ziggurat of Ur. The museum was discovered in 1925, when archaeologist Leonard Woolley excavated portions of the palace and temple complex at Ur. He found
Ennigaldi-Nanna's_museum
Arab archaeological foreman
closely with noted British archaeologists T. E. Lawrence, Leonard Woolley, Katharine Woolley, and Max Mallowan. Mallowan's wife, Agatha Christie, also
Hammoudi_ibn_Ibrahim
the famous archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley and George Cathcart Woolley, a colonial administrator and ethnographer. Woolley was educated at Parmiter's
Geoffrey_Woolley
English actor
Inspector Mallory in BBC's Father Brown. In December 2019, he appeared as Leonard Wooley in Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar, a fictionalized account of how
Jack_Deam
Sumerian goddess
Iranica, retrieved 2022-02-02 Woolley, Leonard (1982). Ur 'of the Chaldees' : a revised and updated edition of Sir Leonard Woolley's Excavations at Ur. Ithaca
Ninhursag
King of Kish
tomb of Meskalamdug, PG 755, discovered by English archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley in the Royal Cemetery of Ur in 1924, contained numerous gold artifacts
Meskalamdug
1933 mystery novel by Agatha Christie
his digs. The offer of work came in 1930 when Mallowan's employer, Leonard Woolley, was proving difficult over his proposed marriage to Agatha and their
Lord_Edgware_Dies
Archaeological site in Iraq
2.1, pp. 53–66, 2020 Woolley, C. Leonard, "Excavations at Tell el Obeid", The Antiquaries Journal 4.4, pp. 329–346, 1924 Woolley, C. L., "Ur and Tel El‐Obeid"
Tell_al-'Ubaid
Archaeological site
It was excavated between 1907 and 1910 by David Randall-MacIver and Leonard Woolley of the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Artifacts discovered here
Areika
5th-century BC Phoenician inscription
the early 1950s during the excavations of Richard David Barnett and Leonard Woolley for the British Museum. It measured 9 x 4 cm, and was found in northwest
Carchemish Phoenician inscription
Carchemish_Phoenician_inscription
English writer
history of the Middle East, such as Gertrude Bell, Gerard Leachman, Leonard Woolley, Howard Carter and Lady Anne Blunt. Winstone was a Fellow of the Royal
H._V._F._Winstone
Ancient Mesopotamian civilization from 3300 to 1900 BC
world's oldest surviving stringed instruments. They were discovered by Leonard Woolley when the Royal Cemetery of Ur was excavated between 1922 and 1934.
Sumer
Roman fort in Corbridge, England
excavation was overseen by Francis J. Haverfield and supervised by Leonard Woolley. This excavation showed the potential of the site and as the County
Coria_(Corbridge)
British archaeologist (1910–1996)
Birthplace Trust. Her archaeological research continued, co-editing with Leonard Woolley UNESCO's book on prehistory entitled History of Mankind, which was
Jacquetta_Hawkes
7th-century BC Phoenician inscription
lid of an ivory box found in Ur in 1927 during the excavations of Leonard Woolley (a joint excavation by the British Museum and Penn Museum). It was
Ur_Box_inscription
British TV drama film
Townsend as Sir Constance Bernard Jack Deam as Leonard Woolley Katherine Kingsley as Katharine Woolley Waj Ali as Ezekiel Rory Fleck Byrne as Marmaduke
Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar
Agatha_and_the_Curse_of_Ishtar
Surname list
American actor Joseph Woolley, fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society Leonard Woolley (1880–1960), British archaeologist Lorin C. Woolley, leader in the LDS
Woolley_(surname)
1925 mystery novel by Agatha Christie
son, whom she had met in Mesopotamia while he was working under Sir Leonard Woolley. Later I read The Murder of Roger Ackroyd which, I think, made her
The_Secret_of_Chimneys
Western Asian architectural style
a third stage is reconstructed by the excavator of the ziggurat (Leonard Woolley), and crowned by a temple. At the Chogha Zanbil ziggurat, archaeologists
Architecture_of_Mesopotamia
Archaeological site
It was excavated between 1907 and 1910 by David Randall-MacIver and Leonard Woolley of the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Karanog was occupied throughout
Karanog
Ancient Roman sandstone sculpture
mouth. It was found in a water tank in 1907 in excavations led by Leonard Woolley on Site II (a corridor building with tesselated floors, hypocausts
Corbridge_Lion
American politician and religious leader
Arrington, Leonard J.;Bitton, Davis Saints without Halos (Signature Books, 1981) Chapter Six Arrington, Leonard J. Edwin Dilworth Woolley (American National
Edwin_D._Woolley
Akkadian mythological creatures
panel of this Bull Lyre (ca. 2450 BCE), now in the Penn Museum in Philadelphia, which was excavated from Ur by the archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley.
Scorpion_man
Sumerian term
commonly associated with a temple of Enlil discovered by Sir. Charles Leonard Woolley during excavations at Ur in modern-day Iraq. He originally considered
Ehursag
period material was conducted initially by Henry Hall and later by Leonard Woolley. In South Mesopotamia the period is the earliest known period on the
History_of_Mesopotamia
Ancient city in Syria
British Museum. A history. The British Museum Press, London, 2002. Woolley, C. Leonard, "The Prehistoric Pottery of Carchemish", Iraq, vol. 1, no. 2, pp
Carchemish
1936 mystery novel by Agatha Christie
Leidner on Katharine Woolley, the wife of archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley. Christie's husband Max Mallowan had worked on Woolley's excavation at Ur. Although
Murder_in_Mesopotamia
Geographical term that roughly encompasses West Asia
textbook of first edition dated 1950. The last great book written by Leonard Woolley, British archaeologist, excavator of ancient Ur and associate of T
Near_East
Component of a bed that supports a base and mattress
Best Bed Frame Review". 2023-12-18. Retrieved 2024-03-27. Woolley, Leonard; Woolley, Sir Leonard (1965). The Sumerians. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 3.
Bed_frame
was excavated first by Alessandro Barsanti in 1896 and more fully by Leonard Woolley in 1921. The Maru-Aten consists of two adjacent enclosures, one slightly
Maru-Aten
Allied program to help protect cultural property (1943-1946)
it showed to the art heritage of the modern world. — Lt. Col. Sir Leonard Woolley, Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Officer As Allied Forces made their
Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program
Monuments,_Fine_Arts,_and_Archives_program
1926 11-day disappearance of Agatha Christie
There she went to visit the archaeological excavation directed by Leonard Woolley at Ur. In 1930, on a second trip to Iraq, she met at the Ur excavation
Disappearance of Agatha Christie
Disappearance_of_Agatha_Christie
5000-year-old Proto-Elamite statue
Grave" (circa 2650–2550 BC), discovered by British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley early in the twentieth century at Ur in present-day Iraq. Many ancient
Guennol_Lioness
1931 mystery novel by Agatha Christie
leader, Leonard Woolley (1880–1960) and his wife, Katharine (1888–1945). Visitors to the dig were usually discouraged but Katharine Woolley was a great
The_Sittaford_Mystery
British archaeologist (1890–1976)
India, who had been acting on the recommendations of the archaeologist Leonard Woolley, who had written a report lamenting the state of the archaeological
Mortimer_Wheeler
Mesopotamian terracotta plaque in high relief
sculpture: the "Ram in a Thicket", excavated in the royal cemetery of Ur by Leonard Woolley and dated to about 2600–2400 BCE. Wood, gold leaf, lapis lazuli and
Burney_Relief
from the original on 13 April 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2009. "Sir Leonard Woolley (13 Southwold Road)". Hackney Council. 28 February 2007. Archived from
List of people from the London Borough of Hackney
List_of_people_from_the_London_Borough_of_Hackney
Placename in the Hebrew Bible
archaeologically investigated in 1914 by two British researchers, Leonard Woolley and T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") as part of their regional
Kadesh_(biblical)
Furniture in the ancient world
and Egyptian Furniture and Interior Decoration. p. 328. Woolley, Leonard; Woolley, Sir Leonard (1965). The Sumerians. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-00292-8
Ancient_furniture
British historian and British Army Major
and altarpiece were unharmed, but Balfour was killed. Lt. Col. Sir Leonard Woolley, Adviser to the War Office on Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives, wrote
Ronald_Edmond_Balfour
1932 short story collection by Agatha Christie
[citation needed] The dedication of the book reads: "To Leonard and Katharine Woolley" Leonard Woolley (1880–1960), knighted in 1935, was a famous British
The_Thirteen_Problems
2016 British film
Rachael Stirling as Vita Sackville-West Christopher Villiers as Sir Leonard Woolley Lucy Robinson as Lady Molly Trevelyan Elizabeth Rider as Lady Elsa
Letters_from_Baghdad
Pool in Şanlıurfa, Turkey
Biblical scholarship until the excavations of the site of Ur conducted by Leonard Woolley in 1922-34, see Gary Rendsburg, “Ur Kasdim: Where is Abraham’s Birthplace
Balıklıgöl
royalty to their graves. In the Royal Cemetery at Ur, archaeologist Leonard Woolley found a girl musician lying down, harp in hand, inside the tomb of
Music_of_Mesopotamia
King of Ur
Gregorian Biblical BookShop. p. 182. Hall, H. R. (Harry Reginald); Woolley, Leonard; Legrain, Leon (1900). Ur excavations. Trustees of the Two Museums
A-Imdugud
Type of ancient Middle Eastern pottery
containing straw and other organic materials. It was discovered by C. Leonard Woolley and T. E. Lawrence in the northeastern Sinai, found again by Nelson
Negevite_pottery
Surface on which a board game is played
One of the five game boards for Royal Game of Ur found by Sir Leonard Woolley in the Royal Cemetery at Ur, now held in the British Museum, dated to c
Game_board
Ancient Anatolian people of Kussara
Early Hittite artifact found by T. E. Lawrence and Leonard Woolley (right) in Carchemish
Hittites
Oldest surviving literary text in the world
at Kish (B 150) and Jean Perrot's excavations at Susa. Sir Charles Leonard Woolley unearthed more tablets at Ur contained in the "Ur excavations texts"
Kesh_temple_hymn
Later part of the Neolithic period in Southwest Asia
period material was conducted initially by Henry Hall and later by Leonard Woolley. In South Mesopotamia the period is the earliest known period on the
Late_Neolithic
King of Ur
Art. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-58839-043-1. Hall, H. R. (Harry Reginald); Woolley, Leonard; Legrain, Leon (1934). Ur excavations. Trustees of the Two Museums
Ur-Pabilsag
Board and dice game for two players
One of the gameboards found by Sir Leonard Woolley in the Royal Cemetery at Ur (British Museum)
Backgammon
administrator Lieutenant Geoffrey Harold Woolley VC (1892–1968), the first Territorial Army officer to win the VC Sir Leonard Woolley (1880–1960), archaeologist Church
List of people educated at St John's School, Leatherhead
List_of_people_educated_at_St_John's_School,_Leatherhead
Mental skill based games
found in Ur dating from 3000 BC, found by British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley in the 1920s. The British Museum contains examples of ancient Egyptian
Abstract_strategy_game
American archaeological illustrator
earned $80 a month. These illustrations were subsequently published in Leonard Woolley and David Randall-MacIver's reports on Karanog, Karanôg: the Romano-Nubian
M._Louise_Baker
British Egyptologist (1853–1942)
Beazley (1937), Sir Mortimer Wheeler (1950), Alan Wace (1953), and Sir Leonard Woolley (1957). Petrie remains controversial for his pro-eugenics and racist
Flinders_Petrie
Ur by the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania led by Leonard Woolley begin. Excavations at Euphrates, site of Dura-Europos, by Franz Cumont
1922_in_archaeology
British archaeologist (1937–2004)
Mawr Classical Review Leonard Woolley & P.R.S. Moorey. Ur 'of the Chaldees': A Revised and Updated Edition of Sir Leonard Woolley's Excavations at Ur. Cornell
Roger_Moorey
English traveller and writer
Bell involved in the cataloguing and distribution of antiquities. Leonard Woolley conducted extensive excavations of the city of Ur from 1922–1934. In
Gertrude_Bell
Month of 1960
screenwriter, visual artist, and mecha designer, in Toyama Died: Leonard Woolley, 79, British archaeologist and excavator of the Ur ruins Sunday became
February_1960
archaeologist Timothy Taylor, English archaeologist February 20 - Leonard Woolley, English archaeologist (b. 1880) March 11 - Roy Chapman Andrews, American
1960_in_archaeology
British classical archaeologist (1900–1991)
1923, Lawrence worked on the excavation of Ur which was directed by Leonard Woolley, under whom T. E. Lawrence had excavated at Carchemish before the First
A._W._Lawrence
April 11 – Julio C. Tello, Peruvian archaeologist (d. 1947) April 17 – Leonard Woolley, British archaeologist of Mesopotamia (d. 1960) Schliemann, Heinrich
1880_in_archaeology
Babylonian princess
archaeologist Leonard Woolley during excavations of the Ur temple complex in 1925. The neatly arranged objects of various different ages allowed Woolley to quickly
Ennigaldi-Nanna
British archaeologist (1907–1995)
given by archaeologists like Gertrude Caton Thompson, Dorothy Garrod, Leonard Woolley, and Childe. Although the Cambridge syllabus did not provide opportunities
Grahame_Clark
British society founded in 1865
Wilderness of Zin Archaeological Survey (1913–1914); conducted by Sir Leonard Woolley and T. E. Lawrence. Excavation at Ashkelon (1920s); led by John Garstang
Palestine_Exploration_Fund
Archaeological site in Reyhanlı, Hatay, Turkey
needed] Tell Atchana was excavated by the British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley in the years 1937–1939 and 1946–1949. He was assisted by epigrapher
Alalakh
Egyptian pharaoh
reattributed to Neferhotep I. Reference: David Randall-MacIver, Sir Leonard Woolley: Buhen, Philadelphia: University Museum 1911, available online p. 192
Neferhotep_I
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