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Dead Cities
Schneider, Isidor | July 2, 1930 issue

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The article critically appraises two books, "Ur of the Chaldees," and "Dead Towns and Living Men," by C. Leonard Wooley. In "Ur of the Chaldees" the author describes clearly and entertainingly the course of his excavations and how the more important discoveries were made, and presents pertinent insights into the excavator's procedure, which involves a planning of operations, extensive in space and delicate in detail, and the management of hosts of workmen commensurate with the founding of a new city.

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BOOKS & reading; UR of the Chaldees (Book); DEAD Towns & Living Men (Book); WOOLEY, C. Leonard; EXCAVATIONS (Archaeology); LITERATURE
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