Scripture: Genesis 11:28–31; Genesis 15:7
Abraham's family sets out from 'Ur of the Chaldees' toward Canaan.
Leonard Woolley excavated Ur (Tell el-Muqayyar, southern Iraq) from 1922 to 1934, revealing a major city with a and the famous Royal Tombs. The Chaldeans (Kaldu), however, do not appear in records until about the 9th century BCE, long after the patriarchal period.
Ur (Tell el-Muqayyar), IraqView on OpenStreetMap
