Royal Tombs of Ur

The Royal Tombs of Ur includes more than 2000 burials. Amongst these burials were sixteen tombs identified as royal tombs based on their size and structure, variety and richness of grave goods, as well as the existence of artifacts associated with mass ritual. The Great Death Pit was an open square-shaped space, serving as the graveyard for the bodies of armed men that were laid out inside along w…