Show Notes
The discovery of Queen Pu-Abi's grave, replete with glittering treasure and dozens of attendants, guards, and retainers, was a startling and macabre revelation during the 1920s. A woman of high status, either a Queen, Priestess, or perhaps both, Pu-Abi's tomb had been hidden, untouched, for nearly 5,000 years. Come with me on a journey to uncover the shifting ideas about Pu-Abi's identity, her treasures, and how they have been displayed to the world during the last century.
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