Since 2012, experts have discovered 750 archaeological sites in Erbil: Ministry
Kurdish archaeologists, alongside experts from the prestigious Harvard University, have been leading expeditions in the Erbil Plain area for close to ten years to discover new archaeological sites, the tourism ministry said.
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Kurdistan Region Ministry of Municipalities and Tourism said on Sunday that in cooperation with experts from the prestigious Harvard University, they have discovered 750 archaeological sites in the Erbil plains since 2012.
The ministry described in a statement the Archaeological Survey Project in the Erbil Plain area, launched in 2012, as one of the most important ventures they have led in the field.
A Harvard University team is supervising the efforts, the ministry said, adding that the Erbil Directorate of Antiquities has registered the discovery of 750 archaeological sites.
In early November, Italian and Kurdish archeologists announced that they had identified the remains of a 2,700-year-old wine press in the Kurdistan Region’s province of Duhok that dates back to the Assyrian Empire.
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Archaeological teams operating in Kurdistan Region’s Erbil province on Sept. 21 announced the discovery of clay artifacts at a site where items that are about 4,000 years old BC have been found.
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