The hidden treasure from the royal cemetery of Ur

Angel Otalora

Archaeology

Somehow the treasure of the Roya Cemetery of Ur have became one of the most important
archaeological discoveries, because is one of the most complete funerary archaeological context
that could be find, somehow it contributes to ponder the characterization of the firsts kings of the
mankind, show them more as complex individuals that have rule over an authority that currently
might not be easy to understand, therefore the treasure that were found on this cemetery was
truly amazing even nowadays, since the treasure not only contained jewels and weapons, but also
some objects that today have a certain ordinary meaning, like the Royal Game of UR, and some
Harps and Lyres, being some of this items truly important, since they are the first item that are
related with the leisure, but the most complex part of the Cemetery was the large number of
human remains founded, for this reason this discovery is one of the most important as one of the
most complex, because found a huge number of human remains with a lot of wealth can represent
a certain authority that some ruler had, that was the most challenging part for investigate,
because the archaeologist couldn’t seek a social meaning or a historic record that could give a
explanation of this practice that nowadays can be seen as morbid and aberrant, but with the
translate of the Epic of Gilgamesh, that answer was solved, The Epic of Gilgamesh brings about
Gilgamesh, the legendary demigod king of Uruk that after the dead of his friend Enkidu for defied
the gods, he decide to seek the immortality, after travel to find Utnapishtim, the survivor of the
great flood who was granted the immortality with his wife, Utnapishtim gave to Gilgamesh the
location of the plant that grants the eternal youth, after obtains the plant from the sea, he
returned triumphant from his quest until he decide to take a bath and a snake steal and eat the
plant, changing the skin as sign of recover the youth, Gilgamesh after he saw how he lost the only
way to avoid his dead, he decide to accept his fate and he commit suicide to be buried with all his
treasure, among those treasure were his most beloved servants.

As result of the related fate of King Gilgamesh described on the Epic, Archaeologist find the way to
answer and understand the Royal Cemetery of UR, due to the x rays of the remains of the treasure
they can confirm that the remain belonged to the most beloved and important servants of the
king, because of this the authority of the ruler can be understand as a divine privilege that was
present on the king bloodline, somehow this type of royal burry can lead to an authority that was
granted with a divine privilege that only few can manifest, this contribute to understand a later
discovery, the tomb of the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, whose tomb have a similarity
with the Royal tomb of Ur since they both contain the beloved and loyal servants of a ruler, but
the Tomb of Qin Shi Huang have a more curious representation of his servants, that there despite
as the Terracotta Army.

This kind of tombs may represent a undying authority that would manifested even the end of the
empire of this kind of rulers.