In October and November of 2022, the Penn Museum conducted the first post-pandemic excavation season at the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq. Our main goal was to more completely understand habitation at the edges of the city and just beyond its limits, particularly in the Ur III to Old Babylonian periods, 2100-1740 BCE. But how do the archaeologists themselves live? What is their daily routine and what are the conditions of their lives in the 6-8 week period?

I thought that would make an interesting video, so I invite you here to join me on a short tour of our dig house at the archaeological site of Ur!

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