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Article: Risk tip: look, don't touch: feast your eyes on treasures of the ancients.(RIMS PHILLY)
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- Risk & Insurance
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- April 1, 2005
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Extravagant jewelry of gold, lapis-lazuli and carnelian, cups of gold and silver, bowls of alabaster, and extraordinary objects of art and culture were among the Mesopotamian treasures uncovered in the late 1920s by British archaeologist C. Leonard Woolley in a joint expedition by the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania Museum. The royal tombs at Ur opened the world's eyes to the glory of ancient Sumerian culture (2600-2500 B.C.) at its zenith. This exceptional collection, part of Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur--returns, for a limited engagement, to its Philadelphia home this spring and summer before traveling to additional sites. More than 200 ancient ...