Who led the first excavations of Uruk?
William Kennett Loftus
Leonard Woolley
Austen Henry Layard
Max Mallowan
Answer
William Kennett Loftus visited the site of Uruk in 1849 and led the first excavations from 1850 to 1854. He identified the site as "Erech," which was known as "the second city of Nimrod."
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