Paragraph 1: Introduction/Context on Woolley In 1922 Sir Leonard Woolley was invited to conduct excavations at the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq, this is where he discovered some of the most great artefacts from ancient times near the East. Sir Charles Leonard Woolley attended New College, Oxford where he began his studies of antiquity, after which he began his career at the Ashmolean Museum. He subsequently participated in his first excavations at Karanog and Buhen in Nubia, as well as carrying out some work in Italy. On the basis of this work he was offered the position of director of excavations at the British Museum. He continued to participate in smaller excavations until his collaboration with the Philadelphia University Museum and his successful excavations at Ur. Although it had some difficulties, such as large, untrained personnel, Woolley implied a discovery system that would allow for important finds. Sir Leonard Woolley revolutionized Mesopotamian archeology through his innovative techniques at the site of the ancient city of Ur. The excavations at Ur became possible because of the intuitions' willingness to work together. The British Museum and the Penn Museum have teamed up for a collective dig in Iraq. The British team consolidated access to Iraqi lands and University of Penn staff secured the funding. Both factions agreed on the Ur excavation site because it was safe and previous British archaeologists had worked there. Winston Churchill, head of the Colonial Office, and TE Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia, advisor on Arab affairs, approved the excavation. In September 1922 Leonard Woolley together with FG Newton and Sydney Smith left the UK to begin their excavations at the ancient city of Ur. Sir Leonard Woolley hired more than three...... half the paper ...... ient near the east and provided Woolley with a plethora of incomparable pieces. Private Tomb 789 tested Woolley to find creative practices for restoring corroded pieces of wood. Using plaster Sir Leonard Woolley has recreated the Great Lyre, a piece which can be used to visualize the funerary rituals of the time period. The private tomb from the 19th century, the final resting place of Queen Puabi, has provided valuable information on social roles in ancient Mesopotamia and the different garments worn. The Great Pit of Death has given archaeologists a glimpse into the ancient city's mass death rituals. The reconstruction of the twin statues of the Ram captured in a grove exemplified Woolley's revolutionary techniques and enabled the analysis of two precious relics. Sir Leonard Woolley changed the field of archeology in the Near East by using advanced procedures at the site of the ancient city of Ur.