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Riddles in time and space: Excavations at the settlement mound Gird-i Shamlu in Iraqi Kurdistan

When archaeologist Simone Mühl returned to the site of her excavations in last summer, she could hardly believe her eyes. The whole area was under water. When she had last seen it, the low mound at t…

Iraqi Kurdistan’s archaeological hotspots revived, but vulnerable

In late October, University of Tübingen archaeologists working in the Kurdish region of Iraq discovered a cuneiform archive of 93 clay tablets belonging to the Middle Assyrian Empire and dating from …
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