Birthplace of Abraham, possibly in Iraq
The ruins of Ur in modern Iraq, the current scholarly consensus for the city of Ur Kaśdim
Abraham's pool heritage site near Urfa in Turkey, an alternative candidate city for Ur Kaśdīm
Ur Kasdim (Hebrew : אוּר כַּשְׂדִּים , romanized : ʾŪr Kaśdīm ), commonly translated as Ur of the Chaldeans , is a city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the birthplace of Abraham , the patriarch of the Israelites and the Ishmaelites . In 1862, Henry Rawlinson identified Ur Kaśdim with Tell el-Muqayyar near Nasiriyah in the Baghdad Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire (now in Iraq ).[ 1] In 1927, Leonard Woolley excavated the site and identified it as a Sumerian archaeological site where the Chaldeans were to settle around the 9th century BC.[ 2] Recent archaeology work has continued to focus on the location in Nasiriyah, where the ancient Ziggurat of Ur is located.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Other sites traditionally thought to be Abraham's birthplace are in the vicinity of the city of Edessa (now Urfa in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey).[citation needed ]
^ Rawlinson, Henry C. (19 April 1862). "Biblical geography" . The Athenæum: A Journal of Literature, Science, the Fine Arts, Music, and the Drama (1799). London: John C. Francis: 529–531.
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^ Sinan Salaheddin (4 April 2013). "Home of Abraham, Ur, unearthed by archaeologists in Iraq" . Csmonitor.com . Retrieved 2017-07-15 .
^ McLerran, Dan (2011-06-23). "Birthplace of Abraham Gets a New Lease on Life | Popular Archaeology – exploring the past" . Popular Archaeology. Archived from the original on 2017-06-18. Retrieved 2017-07-15 .
^ "Journey of Faith – National Geographic Magazine" . Ngm.nationalgeographic.com . 2012-05-15. Archived from the original on March 18, 2008. Retrieved 2017-07-15 .
^ "City of Biblical Abraham Brimmed With Trade and Riches" . 11 March 2016. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016.
^ "Ancient site unearthed in Iraqi home of Abraham" . USA Today .
^ David, Ariel (22 March 2018). "Archaeologists Glance Into Fox Burrow in Iraq, Find 4,000-year-old Sumerian Port" . Haaretz .