Maḩaţţat Qiţār Ūr

Ur was a major Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar in , . Although Ur was a coastal city near the mouth of the on the , the coastline has shifted and the site is now well inland, on the south bank of the , 16 km southwest of the city of .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ziggurat of Ur and Royal Cemetery at Ur.

Archaeological site
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The is a Neo-Sumerian ziggurat in what was the city of near , in present-day , . The structure was built during the Early Bronze Age by King Ur-Nammu of the Third Dynasty of Ur. is situated 2½ km west of Maḩaţţat Qiţār Ūr.

Ruins
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The is an archaeological site in modern-day in southern . The initial excavations at took place between 1922 and 1934 under the direction of Leonard Woolley in association with the and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. is situated 2 km west of Maḩaţţat Qiţār Ūr.

Maḩaţţat Qiţār Ūr

Latitude
30.95577° or 30° 57′ 21″ north
Longitude
46.12872° or 46° 7′ 43″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
8H28X44H+8F
Geo­Names ID
89787
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In Other Languages

“Maḩaţţat Qiţār Ūr” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة قطار اور”

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