Archeological sites, artifacts unearthed in Kurdistan Region's Erbil: Ministry

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdistan Region Ministry of Municipalities and Tourism on Monday announced it had unearthed a number of historic sites in Erbil province.

The exploration project took place in Erbil's Siktan subdistrict, the ministry said. The sites they found were not previously registered in Iraq’s archeological atlas, it added.

The ministry did not elaborate on the history of the sites but shared three relevant photos. The explorers used drones to take aerial footage of the area.

According to the ministry, the exploration lasted 15 days, led by the archeological directorate of Siktan in cooperation with local authorities and residents.

Technologies such as drones, GPS, and the Geographic Information System (GIS) were utilized during the project, the ministry noted.

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has paid special attention to archeological sites in the autonomous region, home to dozens of precious historical sites.

Five years ago, the KRG signed an agreement with Cambridge University to bring a group of archeologists to search for and excavate bones of Neanderthals, located on Bradost Mountain in Erbil’s Barzan area.

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Editing by Khrush Najari