Mysteries of Kunara
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- Published: 14 April 2023
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A few miles southwest of Sulaymaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan, the French archaeological mission of Piramagrun has been excavating the site of Kunara since 2012. The unearthed city, dating back to the third millennium BCE, was revealed to have unique characteristics and a shroud of mystery around its founding people..
Complex Worldviews during Antiquity
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- Published: 02 January 2023
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By experimenting with the biological sex and the symbolic sex of animals, our ancestors left for us evidence of their high level of abstraction and their understanding of the world, more complex than we had previously imagined. iconography of the Near East tells us about the complex thinking of Bronze Age Syrians.
Read Aloud to Support Archaeology
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- Published: 10 February 2023
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Together, let’s make archaeology heard around the world! Join us on social media to read aloud a passage of your choosing during the year. Let’s promote archaeology through the hashtag #IReadArchaeo.
An Archaeologist Enters Wiki Loves Monuments Contest
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- Published: 27 December 2022
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Discover why the volunteer archaeologist Jacques Dassié participated in the 2017 edition of Wiki Loves Monuments, the largest photography contest in the world, and how this contest and its platform represent key support for archaeological research around the world..