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<< Text Pages >> Tal al-Ashari - Barrow Cemetery in Syria

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DigsSite Name: Tal al-Ashari
Country: Syria
NOTE: This site is 31.785 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Daraa  Nearest Village: Daraa
Latitude: 32.625278N  Longitude: 36.106111E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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2Not Good
1Awful
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no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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13 middle Bronze Age barrow cemetaries in Syria. Head of Dara Archaeology Department, Hussein Mashhadawi said archaeological findings discovered in those cemeteries are pottery, bronze tools, and various accessories. The number of findings discovered reached 800 items.

Five of these cemeteries date back to the Roman era, and 13 cemeteries date back to the middle bronze era.

Note: Thirteen Bronze Age barrow cemetaries unearthed in Syria, see comment
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Archaeologists: Graveyards date back to Roman & bronze era unearthed in Syria by Andy B on Saturday, 03 July 2010
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The Syrian excavation mission has unearthed 18 archaeological cemeteries in Tal al-Ashari site in the governorate of Dara (southern Syria), southern Syria so far this year, Local Media reports.

Five of these cemeteries date back to the Roman era, and 13 cemeteries date back to the middle bronze era. Head of Dara Archaeology Department, Hussein Mashhadawi said archaeological findings discovered in those cemeteries are pottery, bronze tools, and various accessories. The number of findings discovered reached 800 items.

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