1: Stairs to the top of the ziggurat 2-5: Eastern view from the top of the ziggurat 6-7: Ziggurat was not under archeological conservation and falls into ruin once again 8-10: Southern view from the ziggurat 11-13: Northern view from the ziggurat 14-16: Southern view from the ziggurat 17-19: Partially reconstructed palace 20: Gate to the temple circle; the gate was partially built from dried clay bricks, not burned, which is why it is in very bad condition 21-25: Cars of the site protection, planes patrolling area 26-31: Details of the ziggurat; the best preserved object of that class, but a lack of conservation causes it damage 32-39: Very illustrative comparison of the structures build with the clay bricks dried in the sun and burned in fire 40: Information board of the archeological site 41-49, 52-53, 58-59: Details of the palace, and planes patrolling the area 50: The man who watched the archeological site; Milczanowski discussed the monuments, tombs, and reconstruction with him, and it appeared that he was a professor at Baghdad University 51: Some tombs of the 1st and 2nd dynasty of Ur were covered during the invasion to prevent them from being looted or destroyed 54-56: Structures between the official part of the city (with the temples and palaces) and the living quarters 57, 75, 103, 108: One of the examples of the sewage system 58-73: Tombs of the third dynasty of Ur 74, 76: Rooms of the guardians of the kings' tombs and priests at the same time 77-80: Evening in Ur at the end of the first day of sightseeing 81-84: The third dynasty tombs on another day of sightseeing 85: Information board with map of the city of Ur 86-89: General view of the tombs quarter 90: Ziggurat from the tombs area 91-94: Part of Ur which was not reconstructed yet 95-101: Reconstructed part of the city of Ur; according to the guide, one of the houses there belonged to Abraham 102-122: Other monuments, not reconstructed yet, and last look at the ziggurat
- Hoover ID: 2016C13.10
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