Cuneiform terracotta tablets, ca. 1400 BC, Qatna, Syria. 63 cuneiform tablets were discovered in 2002, in a subterranean corridor. They were covered by the burned remains of several roofbeams. Maybe they were hidden during the Hittite invasion.

The first bioengineered hybrid animals discovered in ancient Mesopotamia Kungas, a mix of female donkeys and male Syrian asses, expensive animals that were bred 4,500 years ago in Mesopotamia, at least 500 years before horses were bred for the purpose, a new study reveals.

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Elena Maini presenting at the UmWeltWandel conference on animal exploitation 🐐🐑🐄🦌🐬🐚🐡.

Eine antike Münze als Quelle für die Geschichte von Gaza-Stadt tunewsinternational.com/2021/08/10/ein…

A well-preserved mosaic of a lion has been unearthed in northwestern Türkiye. The new discovery is in the ancient city of Prusias ad Hypium, once home to a number of cultures

🔴 BREAKING New inscription on the Urgent Safeguarding List of #IntangibleHeritage: Traditional Syrian glassblowing, #Syria 🇸🇾. on.unesco.org/18ICH #LivingHeritage

Preserving the Archaeological Heritage in Aleppo and its Hinterland الحفاظ علے التراث الأثري في حلب والمناطق المحيطة بها

Göbeklitepe (Karl W. Luckert) Download Link: mega.nz/file/VZpWgKrK#… #mesopotamian #hethitisch #sumerian #akkadian #assyrian #mesopotamia #hittite #egyptian #ramses #babylonian #cuneiform #astronomy #akkad #semitic #languages #language #books

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In an interview with Türkiye Today, former Aleppo National Museum Director accuses Assad's regime of illegal excavations and looting of Syria's cultural heritage turkiyetoday.com/region/assad-i…

Youssef Kanjou "confirm[ed]" that "the Assad family" had been "involved" in "illegal excavations" of antiquities via "a network facilitated by the secret police". At least around Aleppo, "most" had been "protected" by "regime's secret police". Koray Erdoğan v Chasing Aphrodite

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كنوز سوريا: هل دُمرت ونُهبت وقريبًا ستتم استعادتها؟ ”لقد عانى التراث الثقافي السوري الذي يعود تاريخه إلى آلاف السنين من أضرار جسيمة نتيجة الحرب الدائرة في سوريا منذ عام 2011، ولكن هناك أمل في ترميمه والحفاظ عليه في المستقبل“. tuenews.de/ar/%d9%83%d9%8…

زيارة إلى حلب مليئة بالعواطف والمشاعر 16. مارس 2025 tuenews.de/ar/%d8%b2%d9%8…

سوريا: من أقدم مناطق الاستيطان في العالم سكن الإنسان شمال غرب #سوريا منذ أزمنة بعيدة تعود إلى العصر الحجري القديم، وترك آثارًا تدل على وجوده المبكر. وقد اكتُشفت أقدم منشأة معمارية داخل كهف هناك، يعود تاريخها إلى حوالي الألف الثاني عشر قبل الميلاد. كما وُجدت دلائل على استيطان قديم

Die Neandertaler und wir Die Neandertaler bilden die Menschenart, die unserer Art, Homo sapiens, dem „modernen Menschen“, wie die Anthropologen sagen, am nächsten steht. Sie lebten lange Zeit an denselben Orten und zur selben Zeit wie wir. tuenews.de/die-neandertal…