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The drive from Najaf to Nasiriyah was about 4.5 hours. We had lunch, checked into our room at the Somerion Hotel, and then set out to visit the ancient city of Ur. The city of Ur was inhabited for more than 5,000 years by diverse cultures beginning in approximately 5500 BCE with the prehistoric Ubaids and ending with the Achaemenid Persians in 331 BCE. Our first stop in Ur was at the impressive multi-stepped ziggurat pedestal. It is built of mud with a facade of bricks and bi