who was the british archaeologist that discovered the royal cemeteries at ur
Royal Cemetery at Ur The process was begun in 1922 by digging trial trenches, in order for Woolley to get an idea of the layout of the ancient city. In one trench where initially nothing was discovered, head archaeologist Leonard Woolley decided to dig deeper. There, clay vases, limestone bowls, small bronze objects and assorted beads were found. Woolley thought that there may have been gold beads and, to entice the workers to turn them in when found, Woolley offered a sum of moneyâ€”this led to the discovery of the gold beads after the workers repurchased them from the goldsmiths they sold them to.[1]