<< Text Pages >> Kish - Ancient Village or Settlement in Iraq
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Multi-periodSite Name: KishCountry: Iraq
NOTE: This site is 4.38 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Baghdad Nearest Village: Tell Al Ukhaimir
Latitude: 32.550000N Longitude: 44.650000E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Iraq
Kish was an ancient city of Sumer. The Sumerian king list states it was the first city to have a king after the Deluge. A French archeological team started excavations in 1912.
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