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The Iraqi Kurdistan Region has discovered a new Sassanid settlement located on Grdi-Kazhaw

Gird-î Kazhaw is located at the eastern perimeter of the large spring near Bestansur. The site consists of two mounds extending across an area of 4 ha. Mound A is only 2–3 m in height and of oval shape while Mound B reaches up to 10 m in height.

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The testing trench is located on the Bnawasuta-Penjwen project

The Directorate of Archeology and Culture of Sulaimani continued their work and activities by conducting a test trench excavation in an area of 17 dunams in front of Bashmakh international gate, approximately 600 meters away.

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Archaeological Awareness Seminar

An archaeological awareness seminar was held in Said Sadiq township

Grdi Kani Shaie, excavations provided the first stratigraphic sequence for this previously unexplored region

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Grdi Kani Shaie, excavations provided the first stratigraphic sequence for this previously unexplored region.


Kani Shaie is a site located in the Bazian Valley that has been excavated by the University of Coimbra, with many collaborations since 2013. This 60m diameter mound revealed continuous occupation from the Ubaid period in the 5th millennium BCE to the Early Bronze Age in the 3rd millennium BCE.
 Excavations documented 2500 years of occupation in a step trench on the southern slope. Horizontal excavations on the northeast quadrant reached Early Bronze Age levels. While the mound saw repeated use until modern times, it was abandoned except for temporary 11th-12th century and 19th century activity. Excavations provided the first stratigraphic sequence for this previously unexplored region and an impressive numerical tablet from the Uruk Period.