I went to this a couple of times when i was stationed a couple of miles away. A caretaker lived there and was a very wise old man. He would tell us early bible history through our interpreter. Very nice old man. It was great to see real history.
I was also fortunate enough to visit Ur back in 2004. And you're right, the caretaker was a very wonderful guide. visiting the site is a highlight of my life.
It's shameful to invade a country this old!!! Incidentally, the stories in the bible came from sumer!! So, I wonder if the bible is true!! Or is it? How did the old Wiseman come to know the stories from the bible? He was informing you about the epic of Galgamish!!!!!!!
Ur is in Africa not Iraq. Your forefathers lied to you and I think the reason is to hide the fact that Africa had great Empires and because Israelites descend from Black Syrian people. If you look for what I am saying you will find it.
I find it interesting that Abraham's original name was Abram, which sounds like the Sumerian word _abrum_ (ab2-ru-um) that means "storage facility" (according to the online Sumerian Dictionary at UPenn). So, maybe that was the role of his family or his own job, owning or working in a store room or museum.
Your collogue from Ancient Architects suggested it would be interesting to take a look - and it was! I was among the first foreigners that came to Ur after the Gulf war in 1991. I noticed the bomb craters near the ziggurat - and thought similarly that it was strange to walk in a place where people have been living - and fighting for nearly 6000 years. Great update - thank you!
To be there back then (i was being born around that time haha sorry 🙈) So lucky to have seen it back then, how did the atmosphere feel? I can only imagine how absolutely awe inspiring it must be to walk among the ruins of 6000 years of civilization 🥺
@@HistoryWithKayleigh It was a strange experience. Ur used to be inside a military compound so there was no facilities for tourist. Just outside we pasted so hundreds of burn out cars and trucks that had been destroyed by the coalition forces (probably by the A-10). This drive made it even more strange to arrive as history was so clearly passing by the area just some months before. Arriving the Ziggurat is monumental - rising from the sands you get the same kind of feeling of awe as when you see the pyramids. Still the ruins are not too grand and most of them were covered by sand. Same goes with the graves and "Abrahams house". What was special was the reaction of my Iraqi friend. His family had lived close by for generations and maintained that he had sumerian roots. He was shocked that in Ur they used fired bricks in the building when 4000-6000 years later his family lived in houses made of sun dried bricks. Sort of a "O tempora" reaction. Things were worse now then they were then. I felt a crazy feeling of being part of history - when you walked in a a place where people had lived, loved and fought through the millennia - and and my part was to bear witness to the end of the next chapter in the history of this magnificent place. Ur is sort of dead and alive - ruins where things happens - it does not feel like the Pyramids, Petra, Babylon or even Uruk (maybe the most interesting Sumerian ruins) where the history had come to an end- and it is left to us to wonder about what was. 12 years after I visited Ur, tanks passed the ruins again and soldiers were fighting around it. And then the pope came to Ur to pay homage to the place of origin of the Abrahamic religions and pray for peace. Ur´s history somehow never stops.
It will for sure never stop and i do agree with your comment about Uruk, my first mesopotamian video was about Uruk. I'm just amazed by the ancient Sumerians and the civilization they started, to then have the Assyrians and Babylonians come in and enjoy the fruit of the labor from that early work by the sumerians. I do hope to visit both Uruk and Ur one day, fingers crossed for that possibility 🙂
We were working in Baghdad, (during the 1980's, Iran/Iraq war), and went to Ur, to visit. It was really ethereal, until we climbed up the deserted Ziggurat, and saw on the Northern side, hundreds of tanks ! Saddam Hussein's Army base.
Been here, have wonderful pictures. The Great Ziggurat, Abraham's house, there was also a deep excavation pit when I was there, 30 feet down or so, walls of pottery shards and giant Columns buried yet exposed in the walls of the trench. You could feel how ancient it all was.
I was deployed here in Operation Iraq Freedom, and we got a tour of the Ziggurat of UR. Very cool to see this in person. You had some facts I had not yet gotten from other videos, thank you!
Great video. Only thing that I ponder is the dimensions matched to the first illustration - if the dimensions are correct then the people in that image are drawn too small.
For some, Ur city is today 's Sanliurfa, Turkey. Well, it is so long time ago that things may change. (Also google the Nemrut Mountain, which exactly has ancient Gods' statues right on top!)
6000 years ago something is seriously missing in our history when we have that get back later in Turkey from 11,600 years ago at least so I think we had civilization much longer than what we currently think
i still find it so strange that Pope Francis went to this particular Ur, making it seem like he does believe it to be the birthplace, although i've seen more compelling evidence to another site, i think it was in or near Turkey? i left it open as they call a part of it Abraham's house, but i will definitely look into that evidence more in the future :)
Hey dude, here we are again on another channel we both watch. No reason for this post other than to hit you up with a reply from one of your subs....peace to ya.
@@HistoryWithKayleigh Nothing is for sure in archeology. The ancient term “Ur” means roughly “original”. So. We have New York, New Orleans and so forth. They had Ur Urat, literally Original Urat. Thus there are “Ur” sites in Iraq, Iran and Oman. Of the several the Ur in Oman located about half way between Muscat and Salalla fits the biblical model of “Ur” in that it is not far from the frankincense forests in southern Oman and lies on the trade route from Muscat to another site believed to be Sheba’s palace on the gulf near the entrance to the Red Sea. I was fortunate to visit these sites in 1992 while they were under excavation. By the way I’m not an archeologist. Just foot loose. Now different countries and different archeologists push their ideas and finds like soft drink makers push their cola....everyone is the real thing as they say. Clearly every site had something there. But what? That is the question. Keep your salt handy.
Not necessarily, my personal key interest are the stone age structures and the civilizations that lived back then. This is very much a global interest for me, i started researching the British, Scottish and Irish structures because they are quite well known around the world but I'm working my way towards eventually having covered different structures on all continents. Going to dive into Asian structures soon 🤗 The archaeological discoveries are a personal passion as well, i love to shine a light in the hard work that is being carried out to discover more about our ancient past. And the fact or fiction videos are me stepping away from the scientific approach, to have a bit of fun, and to look at the ancient world in a different way 🙂
just watched this again, finally. well done, Kayleigh! so interesting, the "cradle of civilization", as far as we know. will study this some more, i'm sure. and thanks, Klee, for not editing the flub! love your goofyness! a little comic relief is always welcome.
You sift out the gems, seemlessly, your method is o.g. original. Thanks for getting me to think about ancient things like I never done before. There is nothing lazy about way you presentate, cuz you love it like no other. Forever grateful! Cuz you care
We Arabs have a lot of antiquities but because of negligence it was stolen because of wars in my country in Syria in 2015 Looted many antiquities to Turkey And Turkey now denies it. This is all from the stupidity of our system 💔😞
I went there in 2011. I was stationed in Tallil. I also went to the pyramids of Egypt a couple of decades before that, again, with the Army for Exercise Bright Star '85. Thanks for the presentation. I learned a lot.
Happy to hear you learned a lot 🤗 You've been fortunate to have been there, unfortunately under circumstances we would've loved to have never happened of course. But you did do great work 🙂 thank you for you service. Even i as a Dutch woman am thankful 🙂
@@gusibrahim6961 I know how you feel Ibrahim, and I am sorry for the circumstances. I love history and Iraq has a great ancient history. I wish the very best for Iraq. When my unit was deployed, I insisted on being stationed in Tallil, because of its location near Ur. I am so fortunate I got the opportunity to go. I also met the local archeologist and curator for Ur. Amazing!
Also close by, between the ziggurat and the tombs, is what is believed to be the oldest surviving structural arch. I could see the ziggurat from the tent I lived in in 2003 on what was previously the Iraqi Talil air base. I took the tour of the ziggurat several time. The very personable tour guide told us that he had been a college professor before. Every time that I went, a collection was taken up and given to him as compensation. I could not understand why such an important city had been built in such a horrible location even though I was told that the Euphrates had re-located (It is now several miles north of the ziggurat). Your video helped me to visualize this.
I visited it myself a couple of times in 05-06. I also stood I the archway you talk about. Had my pitcher taken standing in the arch an on the steps of the Ziggurat. There in my scrapbook of the tour
@@HistoryWithKayleigh excellent video, Klee! this was the first time i've done the live chat. it was distracting for this tired old brain🤯 so, i'll probably stick with this venue. thank you😃😍 really enjoyed the depth of the info, and the more recent history was quite interesting. agreed on the hopeful future🤝👍🙏 we need to get the world building together, not tearing down.
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Your videos are full of content I’m interested in, but you have 12 commercials in a 30 minute block. I can’t play it and just listen, because some of these commercials will go on as long as your video if I don’t click skip. I have yet to make it through a single one of your videos as a result. A couple commercials, fine, necessary, understood... 12 in 27 minutes? Shameful… thumbs down, no sub.
I have been binge watching these since your channel was recommended to me. The sheer breadth of historical topics covered is amazing. Especially for a history nut like me. Most importantly, i learn something new in every one. Even topics like Egyptology that i am well versed in. Massive rEspect to all who work on this channel.
Same here Darren. None of Kaleigh’s videos showed up on searches and as many of Jahannah’s and Ben’s at Uncharted X videos I’ve watched you’d think Kaleigh’s channel would have come up as a suggestion. Kaleigh has a certain quality about her. It’s a quality, or a rhythm of her voice that’s pleasant to listen to. Not a lot of fluff, here are the facts, and easy to keep up. Kaleigh needs to do this for a living. Really good stuff.
I am trying to do this for a living, i hope to be able to reach that. It's my absolute dream to do this for the rest of my life. History is my passion in life 🥰
@@HistoryWithKayleigh we walked through Biblical Abraham's "house" and many other fantastic areas. Funny story we were finishing a mission and there is a base nearby. As we pulled in there was a loud "bang" near the rear of the humveee. The entire vehicle filled with dust. My initial thoughts were that it's a IED. Turns out it was my dust off can for my lap top exploded from the heat. Lmafo!!! Haha! We were so scared covered in dust laughing!! Had to add that veterans day story.
Kayleigh, as to the great flood, the way I understand it, the area near what is now the mouth to the Persian Gulf, was peopled by arrivals from an unknown location who came by boat and were well "educated" with many skills. This first occurred at the end of the last glaciation when the ocean and water levels were much lower than they are today. Over time their population grew and they inhabited all of the surrounding area. As the glaciers melted and flowed into the oceans(s) the land began to "flood" and the people were forced to move further into the valley of the two rivers (T&E). I don't recall the rate of flooding but because this was such a low area, the flooding took years but still occurred pretty rapidly. As the people migrated to new land, they met up with people coming from the other direction. The people themselves described this as the great flood and it was to them, exactly that. I don't know if you have done a video on this or not but I would like to see your take on it. Thanks.
I'm very surprised you don't have a mad following of subs, your presentation and editing is great, and I think your the hottest history RU-vidr that I've seen yet on this platform. 😍☺
Haha thank you, that's very kind of you Maybe i started too late or maybe i make the videos most people don't look for. I just love what I'm doing and will continue doing it 🤗
History and artifacts show these people as being Black people from West Africa. Please do better research... French museums show Egyptians. Syrian artifacts are in European museums showing Black people...
Thank you 2x for this excellent video (1) I have been to Ur several times and loved it. There were lots of artifacts all over the ground. (2) The soldier at 24:13 was a good friend of mine who died some years ago. I miss him a lot and it's good to see him here.
The visuals in your video of Ur and its ziggurat are superb. Very evocative. My, oh my, what I'd give to spend a day walking that city in its pomp! Fascinating video, as ever! Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge. ✌️😎👌
Leonard Wooley's book on his "Excavations at Ur", as reedited by P.R.S. Moorey "Ur of the Chaldees" was the first detailed archeological work I read - the narrative starts at the bottom - the level of the deepest dig -and works its way upward in excavation-layers, forward in historical time but backwards in the archeologists' own exeperience. By the time the reader reaches the surface, the excavators are only now starting the dig, and the story is over, if you know what I mean. An excellent read. And an excellent video, K.
I find it amazing that when it comes to the deluge people will claim that these people thought their immediate surroundings were the whole world and totally disregard the fact that we're talking about people with a firm grip on astronomy. Edit: And they had no telescopes, meaning they were pretty damm smart.
Thank you Kayleigh another great video. the city of Ur was not yet built in Abraham's time. there is no other city called Ur. now everyone will fix this as he sees fitting.
When you read the bible, in Hebrew, you will see where Abraham is from. Kazadeem = Caspian Sea Even today, in Khazakstan, they still call it the Kaza Sea. The land of Or is on the Oral river, which empties into the Kaza Sea.
I just realized how close ziggurat is coose to cigarette if you're not careful. Also, it's a shame that Sumeria, Akkad, or Babylon never lasted as long as Egypt. But I don't really mind, I still prefer Egypt.
Alot of people didn't know that the ancient Hebrews came from Ur city ,terah the high priest of Ur is abraham father ,Abraham also lives in the Ur city. The Hebrews from the line of Shem who the first Hebrew sage. The Israelites came only to Jacob ,which is the twelve tribes. While the Jews or Judaism came from Juda tribe alone.
garden of eden concept is mythology to explain fertile earth. climate change has been a problem since forever. the tamping of earth from feet would quickly create ground that didn’t grow anything. as population of tribe grew, more earth got tamped down. they’d move and start over. the last place they lived would be romanticized into being better and the garden of eden mythology would grow in people’s imaginations. these are just my guesses. i claim no authority. i just put my head into ancient ideas a lot because i use ancient tools everyday.
some of your facts are very slightly off. I believe the mountains you speak of are the Zagros between iran & Iraq. Sumerian were survivors of the great flood. It is hard to say exactly where they came from. But they did believe God came from the sky. Thanks for the story.
I was there in 1991 when the US forces were dropping the bombs on the Migs The iraqi forces parked right next to the ziggurat in the city of Ur. My unit and other forces of 7th corps fought in the city and occupied it during the post war uprising revolt in iraq and had tons of refugees flood over the line we had there
The God of the Jewish Temple sent fire down to take consume their offerings. Did the gods of the zigerates do the same? We know there were no alters atop the pyramids as their human gods walked among them. the tower of bable never reached the heavens as the real Temple God who sent fire to consume offerings on his temple mount, struck them down
how do you know Sumerians came from mountains ? that doesn't make any sense. Sumerians came from coasts that were flooded by raising sea levels as far as we know. there is genetical and linguistical evidence for that
sadam redirected the rivers to cut them of from the waters, if that was not enough , he set the dry shit the craddle of civilisation on fire! maybe sadam was the monster of humbaba,,, no kidding that was in libanon, something with the cederforests
To this day… it is still very unknown to where did the Sumerians or there language came from. There are only speculations about there origins , but it is most like that this people was already there in the fertile crescent before civilization and agriculture living out of hunting and gathering there resources and worship there already ancient deities.
What " ZIGGURAT" means? In Hungarian, SKY GOD. IG , EG means, SKY. UR, URAT means, LORD. Almost all the Sumerian City names are have meaning in Hungarian.
