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This crushed skull and its surrounding elaborate headdress was excavated (en bloc) from one of the royal cemeteries at Ur, the Great Death-Pit. This is a head of one of queen/princess Pu'Abi's female attendants. Early dynastic period, circa 2600 BCE. From Ur, Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The The British Museum, London).
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Amin, O. S. M. (2014, July 28). Crushed Skull and Headdress from Ur. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2853/crushed-skull-and-headdress-from-ur/
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Crushed Skull and Headdress from Ur." World History Encyclopedia, July 28, 2014. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2853/crushed-skull-and-headdress-from-ur/.
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Crushed Skull and Headdress from Ur." World History Encyclopedia, 28 Jul 2014, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2853/crushed-skull-and-headdress-from-ur/.
