I have had the privilege of visiting this site several times and see something new each time I go thanks to a local man whose family has been involved in the excavation of the site for several generations. About 500 meters from this structure, is the childhood home of Abraham from the Bible. I will post a picture of it later. I took the following info from the Web @ http://www.atlastours.net/iraq/ur.html They have quite a bit of interesting info about UR here. "The city of UR, which is mentioned several times in the Bible as Ur of the Chaldees (referring to the Chaldeans, whom settled in the area about 900 BC) as the birthplace of Prophet Abraham "Ibrahim Al-Khalil" (pbuh), was one of the most important cities of the Sumerians in the 4th and the 1st half of the 3rd millennium BC. It was also considered as one of the most active and full of life cities in southern Mesopotamia during the following centuries. In former days it stood on the banks of the Euphrates, until the river changed its course. Ur was the principal center of worship of the Sumerian moon god Nanna and of his Babylonian equivalent Sin. The massive and impressive ziggurat of this deity, one of the best preserved in Iraq, and one of the most famous historical monuments in the World, stands about 21 m above the desert. Ur was one of the first village settlements founded (circa 4000 BC) by the so-called Ubaidian inhabitants of Sumer. Before 2800 BC, Ur became one of the most prosperous Sumerian city-states. According to ancient records, Ur had 3 dynasties of rulers who, at various times, extended their control over all of Sumer." Please feel free to give me your comments and opinions on this or any of my other pictures.