Woolley, Leonard Sir 1880-1960

Overview

Works:	538 works in 1,323 publications in 19 languages and 19,821 library holdings
Roles:	Editor, Other, Collaborator, Author of introduction, Honoree, Creator
Classifications:	ds70.5.u7, 913

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Publications about Leonard Woolley

Publications by Leonard Woolley

Publications by Leonard Woolley, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Leonard Woolley

Woolley of Ur : the life of Sir Leonard Woolley by H. V. F Winstone ( Book )
The Alalakh cylinder seals : a new catalogue of the actual seals excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley at Tell Atchana, and from neighbouring sites on the Syrian-Turkish border by Dominique Collon ( Book )
As I seem to remember by Leonard Woolley ( Book )
Lambeth stoneware; the Woolley Collection, including Doulton ware and products of other British potteries by Rhoda Edwards ( Book )
Cemeteries of the First Millenium B.C. at Deve Hüyük, Near Carchemish, salvaged by T.E. Lawrence and C.L. Woolley in 1913 ( Book )

Memories of Ur by M. E. L Mallowan ( Book )
Notes ( Book )
Treasures under the sand : Leonard Woolley's finds at Ur by Alan Honour ( Book )
The cradle of civilization. Being an appreciation of "Ur excavations: the royal cemetery by C. K A. ( Book )
King penguin books. No. 1 ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Leonard Woolley

The Sumerians by Leonard Woolley ( Book )
37 editions published between 1923 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 1,665 libraries worldwide
Describes the civilization of the Sumerians, who inhabited the land which today is Iraq, in the beginning of the fourth millennium B.C.

Digging up the past by Leonard Woolley ( Book )
109 editions published between 1921 and 2007 in 7 languages and held by 1,531 libraries worldwide
Introduction to the field of archaeology.

Ur of the Chaldees; a record of seven years of excavation by Leonard Woolley ( Book )
66 editions published between 1929 and 1965 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,288 libraries worldwide

Excavations at Ur; a record of twelve years' work by Leonard Woolley ( Book )
82 editions published between 1925 and 2004 in 5 languages and held by 1,254 libraries worldwide
Account of twelve years of archaelogical work at the sight of the ancient Chaldean city.

The art of the Middle East : including Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine by Leonard Woolley ( Book )
6 editions published between 1961 and 1983 in French and English and held by 919 libraries worldwide

A forgotten kingdom, being a record of the results obtained from the excavation of two mounds, Atchana and Al Mina, in the Turkish Hatay by Leonard Woolley ( Book )
21 editions published between 1953 and 1968 in English and held by 840 libraries worldwide

Prehistory and the beginnings of civilization by Jacquetta Hawkes ( Book )
18 editions published between 1962 and 1967 in English and held by 697 libraries worldwide

Ur 'of the Chaldees' : a revised and updated edition of Sir Leonard Woolley's Excavations at Ur by Leonard Woolley ( Book )
3 editions published in 1982 in English and held by 670 libraries worldwide

History unearthed by Leonard Woolley ( Book )
11 editions published between 1958 and 1963 in English and Undetermined and held by 517 libraries worldwide

Discovering the royal tombs at Ur by Leonard Woolley ( Book )
4 editions published in 1969 in English and held by 475 libraries worldwide
Traces the planning and execution of the 1922 archaeological expedition to Ur in southern Iraq and the discovery of the tombs and the ancient city.

Abraham; recent discoveries and Hebrew origins by Leonard Woolley ( Book )
16 editions published between 1936 and 1963 in English and French and held by 448 libraries worldwide

Dead towns and living men, being pages from an antiquary's notebook by Leonard Woolley ( Book )
18 editions published between 1920 and 1956 in English and held by 442 libraries worldwide
Den engelske arkæolog Leonard Woolley (1880-1960) fortæller fra sine tidlige udgravninger i Sudan, Egypten, Italien og Syrien 1907-1914.

The development of Sumerian art by Leonard Woolley ( Book )
13 editions published between 1935 and 1981 in English and held by 393 libraries worldwide

History unearthed; a survey of eighteen archaeological sites throughout the world by Leonard Woolley ( Book )
7 editions published between 1958 and 1963 in English and held by 379 libraries worldwide

Ur : the first phases by Leonard Woolley ( Book )
9 editions published in 1946 in English and held by 371 libraries worldwide

The wilderness of Zin by Leonard Woolley ( Book )
22 editions published between 1914 and 2003 in English and held by 331 libraries worldwide
"The Wilderness of Zin, first published as the Annual of the Palestine Exploration Fund for 1914/15, describes an incredible archaeological survey carried out as cover for a British military mapping operation in southern Palestine just before the outbreak of World War One. Leonard Woolley and T. E. Lawrence were both already swept up in the War when their work was published. The most comprehensive account of the region at the time, it is still a most important work ninety years later. This edition also includes previously unpublished material from the PEF archives, a preface by Jonathan Tubb and a new introduction by Sam Moorhead, all of which provide a fuller picture of this remarkable episode."--BOOK JACKET.

Ur excavations by Joint Expedition of the British Museum and of the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania to Mesopotamia ( Book )
10 editions published between 1927 and 1987 in English and Undetermined and held by 270 libraries worldwide

Spadework in archæology by Leonard Woolley ( Book )
2 editions published in 1953 in English and held by 256 libraries worldwide

Spadework; adventures in archæology by Leonard Woolley ( Book )
9 editions published between 1953 and 1975 in English and held by 224 libraries worldwide

Mesopotamia and the Middle East by Leonard Woolley ( Book )
6 editions published in 1961 in English and held by 198 libraries worldwide

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Alternative Names

Vulli, L., 1880-1960 czerus

Woolley, C. L. 1880-1960

Woolley, C. Leonard.

Woolley, C. Leonard, 1880-1960

Woolley, C. Leonard (Charles Leonard), 1880-1960

Woolley, C. Leonard (Charles Leonard), Sir, 1880-1960

Woolley, C. Leonhardf 1880-1960

Woolley, Charles L. 1880-1960

Woolley, Charles Leonard.

Woolley, Charles Leonard, 1880-1960

Woolley, Charles Leonard, Sir, 1880-1960

Woolley, Leonard

Woolley, Leonard 1880-1960

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Undetermined (51)
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