Mesopotamian metallurgy advances significantly by 2600 BCE.…

Mesopotamian metallurgy advances significantly by 2600 BCE.

Soldering techniques are used to make ornaments found in the royal tombs at Ur, which becomes one of the richest cities in Sumer, and where full-scale bronze metallurgy is practiced by 2500 BCE.

Nobles of Ur’s first dynasty are buried with fabulous treasures, retinues of servants, and ceremonial goods.

The so-called Royal Tombs of Ur, most of which date to about 2600 BCE, reflect the city’s great wealth and unusual funerary customs.

Important persons are buried in these tombs, not only with fabulous treasures of gold, silver, and semiprecious stones, and rich bronze artifacts, but also with their retinues of servants, ceremonial carts and animals, furniture, and utensils.