ANCIENT CIVILISATION
THE UR DISCOVERIES EVIDENCE OF HUMAN SACRIFICES WONDERFUL ROYAL TOMBS Frees Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, February 23. (Received February 24, at 10 a.in.) Evidence of human sacrifices on <i lavish scale was found in two more of the royal tombs discovered at Ur, dating tho fourth inillcninni beloro Christ. The builders were apparently familiar with the construction of arches, which the Western world did not adopt until 3.UUO years later. Against the foot of the king’s grave were eleven bodies oi women wealing witch headdresses covered with gold and lapis carneliau. Iwo ranks ol soldiers guarded the entrance, the copper helmets still on their crushed skulls.
Queen Shnbad’s tombs are the richest yet found. She had ten gold finger rings and a cloak entirely covered with beads, fastened at tbo neck by big gold pins, to which were attached lapis cylinder seals. Alongside was a silver pair of cockleshells containing toilet paints and a set of eighteen tlutcd tumblers. —Sydney ‘ Sun ’ Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 19799, 24 February 1928, Page 5
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163ANCIENT CIVILISATION Evening Star, Issue 19799, 24 February 1928, Page 5
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