Discovery of a whole city underground central Arbil

[yota691]

Discovery of a whole city underground central Arbil

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 / SEPTEMBER 2012 17:42

Twilight News / The Department of the effects of Irbil, Monday, the discovery of an ancient city located in the locality of the status of the city of Irbil, and includes many of the archaeological evidence dating back to different historical periods.

And announced the Department of Antiquities of Arbil today at a press conference in Arbil for finding team Berlin Institute for effects on the remnants of the city and Collectibles antique in the locality of the Arabs, which is located in the west of Arbil, 400 meters, with the presentation of many of the antiquities found the German team.

Haider said Hassan, director of the Department of Antiquities of Arbil at the press conference which was attended by " Twilight News "that" for the first time we discovered this region in 2008, but have not had excavated because we wanted to be conducted by an international team and this agreed with the Berlin Institute of Archaeology and surveyed scanned the area and discovered a city Full underground near Arbil archaeological. "

And archaeological holdings has been found, said Director of the Department of Antiquities of Arbil "we have found a large tomb dates back to the reign of the Assyrian built of mud and dates back to between 700 to 800 years BC, as well as to find rooms and a corridor and arch under the earth."

"It also found another room, an area of ​​about seven square meters with two graves and other buildings of mud and a necklace of gold and a bronze needle and many pieces of ceramic and eight near ceramics, bones and cups and seals and brush Bronze Beauty".

He stressed that these antiquities dating back to different historical eras, adding saying "In general these antiquities return to various covenants which the Assyrian era of modern, intermediate and Sassanid and Islamic Abbasid period.

As the Director of the Department of Antiquities of Arbil that "in our program and after completing exploration transform this region into a living museum to Azruh people as a museum and will remain all things as they are and we are in contact with the Berlin Institute for the effects of the use of excavation process modern to maintain these effects, such as walls and collectibles that we found there" .

For his part, President of the German team of Arnulf House effects of Whittier on the importance of this archaeological site and said "the site that we excavations and found it on this antiquities located near Arbil and this evidence of ancient residential areas outside the castle."

He added by saying, "We have five levels of housing in this region and their respective predecessors and found the cemetery in part due to era Alakhmainyin and the Seljuk era and part of it back Sasanyen".

He stressed that the most important their findings during the excavations is to discover something important a relationship locality Arabs historic citadel in Erbil. "

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Edited September 24, 2012 by yota691

[Deborah Layne]

How! That's pretty cool!

[tedro]

Interesting find...........if anything belongs to Kuwait please return it....we need to get out of chapter VII!!

[AkinNAUY]

Interesting find...........if anything belongs to Kuwait please return it....we need to get out of chapter VII!!

Nice find indeed & OH YEAH THAT'S PRETTY FREAKIN' FUNNY! hahaha

[tooter39]

great find...I love historical stuff like this, thanks for sharing

[fnbplanet]

...heard there were pictures painted on a wall. Some arab guys arguing over water, and everyone had their pockets turned inside out. Place was a mess...

[RodandStaff]

Great find... when will Indiana Jones head over there for another shot at another treasure hunting hit movie??? ... just wondering!!!

[Butifldrm]

Great article thanks yota. Might as well be Indiana Jones diggin over in Iraq. I read an article earlier that one of their archaeologists was killed this week.

[uncirculd]

Lost city of Atlantis.