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Event archaeological Middle East

Royal Tombs of Ur

2600 BCE – 2400 BCE

Sumerian burial site in southern Iraq where archaeologists found gold lyres, jewelry, and evidence of human sacrifice.

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Standing in 2600 BCE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

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2560 BCE Great Pyramid of Giza