Ur?

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Ur is known in the Bible as Ur of the Chaldees. This biblical name, Ur of the Chaldees, refers to the Chaldeans, who settled the area about 900 B.C. It is known as the ancient city of the Sumerian civilization and the home of Abraham, father of the Hebrews. Its ruins are between the modern city of Baghdad, Iraq, and the head of the Persian Gulf. The site is now known as Tall al Muqayyar, Iraq. The site of ancient Ur is located 140 miles south of Babylon. It was the capital of a small wealthy empire during the third millennium B.C. Most of the great ziggurat of Ur is still standing.

Whose team needs an extra person at the quiz tonight?

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Glad it's not a winning team without me ;-) Will send you my number.

Why are you off to Carlisle?

Why didd they have a flat top, oh all-knowlegeable one?

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I'm visiting sharmaya, who is coincidentally having a party, and from Edinburgh there will also be imagesandwords and queenofsmut, and there will also be goneril whom I've never met. Should be fun!

A flat top? Probably easier to build! As far as I know, the tops are used by Zoroastrians to dispose of their dead, which are eaten by the local wildlife. I think this came afterwards, but I'm not sure...