Tag Archive for 'Kemune'

Aerial view of the excavations at the site of Kemune in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. Image credit: Universities of Freiburg and Tübingen, KAO.

Extreme Drought Reveals Submerged City of Mitanni Empire in Iraq

Jun 8, 2022 by News Staff

The 3,400-year-old settlement with a palace and several large buildings could be the ancient city of Zakhiku, believed to have been an important center...

An aerial view of the Kemune palace from the west. Image credit: University of Tübingen / Kurdistan Archaeology Organization.

Archaeologists Find Ruins of Mitanni-Period Palace in Kurdistan

Jul 2, 2019 by News Staff

An international team of archaeologists from Germany and Kurdistan came upon a surprising discovery as the ruins of a 3,400-year-old palace emerge from...