Ancient city of Mesopotamia (located mainly in modern-day Iraq). It dates from circa 3,800 B.C. The site is noted for its prominent ziggurat. It started to decline from around 550 BC and was no longer inhabited after about 500 BC, probably due to drought, changing river patterns, and the silting of the outlet to the Persian Gulf.
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City of Ur
Sir Leonard Woolley, archaeologist and excavator of Ur, born in a house on th...
Architect and designer. Born Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo. In 1874, he travelled to Italy with John Ruskin to study the architecture. He later opened his own architectural practice in London, and in 1...
Founded to focus attention on the historic environment of the borough and to record, preserve and enhance its historic buildings.
Architect. Peter John Darvall. We wish we could find something more about this architect. Was the Christ Church development his only important work? What was he on when he designed that hypnotic c...
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Founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Government School of Design. It changed to its current name in 1853. The main building, shown in the picture, in Renfrew Street was designed by Charles Rennie Mackint...
