Part 2 1. Imagine you were an archaeologist working with Sir Leonard Woolley in Iraq. Which of the discoveries do you think was the most exciting? Which discovery helped you most in determining what had happened to the people whose remains you found? Explain your answer.

2. Suppose you were a historian studying ancient Sumer. How would your work be different from Woolley’s work?

3. Sir Leonard Woolley worked on excavating Ur for twelve years. What years were they?

4. What kinds of changes do you think will occur in the work of archaeologists in the next hundred years?

5. Which work would you prefer, the work of the historian or the archaeologist? Why?