#️⃣episode 8
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[Fall of Civilizations Podcast (fallofcivilizations_podcast)] A reconstruction of how the city of Ur may have looked in its golden age
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[Fall of Civilizations Podcast (fallofcivilizations_podcast)] The ruins of Ur today, with the Ziggurat of Ur visible in the background
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[Fall of Civilizations Podcast (fallofcivilizations_podcast)] Aerial photograph of the ruins of Ur in 1927
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[Fall of Civilizations Podcast (fallofcivilizations_podcast)] Gold helmet of King of Ur I Meskalamdug, circa 2600–2500 BCE
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[Fall of Civilizations Podcast (fallofcivilizations_podcast)] Notes on the Sumerian music in Episode 8
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[Fall of Civilizations Podcast (fallofcivilizations_podcast)] The standard of Ur (“war” side)
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[Fall of Civilizations Podcast (fallofcivilizations_podcast)] Example of the earliest cuneiform pictographs, with objects like jars and sheaves of wheat recognisably depicted
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[Fall of Civilizations Podcast (fallofcivilizations_podcast)] Post-glacial flooding of the Persian Gulf
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[Fall of Civilizations Podcast (fallofcivilizations_podcast)] A map of the key cities of Sumer, as well as the ancient coastline (modern coast marked in blue)