From The Hindu Archives, December 6, 1926: Excavations at Ur

LEAFIELD (Oxford), Jan. 6

Excavations at Ur of The Chaldees have led to the discovery of the site of the place of Dungi, who reigned 2,250 years before Christ. It was already the custom, as it is to-day, to bury, in the foundation of buildings, relics typical of the time and such were found by Mr. Leonard Woolley, leader of the excavations. They were in brick boxes and consisted of copper statuettes of Dungi, carrying on his head a basket of mortar, of the laying of first brick and stone tablets inscribed with the dedication of the work.