British archaeologist. Born on 17th of April 1880 (London), died on 20th of February 1960 (London). Pursuing a formal education in archaeology, Woolley gained field experience by participating in excavations of British, Sudanese, Egyptian and Siro-Palestinian sites from different periods. Woolley’s main contributions to the archaeology of the Ancient Near East were the excavations of Ur (1922-1924) and of Tall-‘Ubaid (1923-1924), the periodization of the Ubaid culture and the discovery of the Royal Cemetery of Ur.