Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
Leonard Woolley
Born: April 17, 1880
Died: February 20, 1960 (aged 79)
Bio: Sir Charles Leonard Woolley was a British archaeologist best known for his excavations at Ur in Mesopotamia. He is recognized as one of the first archaeologists to excavate methodically, and utilise records to reconstruct ancient life.
Known for:
- Excavations at Ur (1928)
- The Sumerians (1927)
- Digging up the Past (1930)
- Ur of the Chaldees (1929)
- The wilderness of Zin (1915)