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DigsSite Name: Satu Qala (Idu) Alternative Name: Sātū Qalā, ساتو قلا.
Country: Iraq
NOTE: This site is 33.283 km away from the location you searched for.

Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Arbil  Nearest Village: Satu Qala
Latitude: 35.876110N  Longitude: 44.696880E
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
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
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
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Satu Qala (Idu)
Satu Qala (Idu) submitted by dodomad : This curious artifact is a clay model of a bed, something which has been found at other sites in the Middle East. Researchers say that models like these were particularly popular around 4,000 years ago but were used as recently as about 2,000 years ago. Team member Cinzia Pappi told LiveScience in an email that “scholars have suggested several theories about the function of similar models. It is... (Vote or comment on this photo)
In the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq archaeologists have discovered an ancient city called Idu, hidden beneath a mound. Cuneiform inscriptions and works of art reveal the palaces that flourished in the city throughout its history thousands of years ago.

Located in a valley on the northern bank of the lower Zab River, the city's remains are now part of a mound created by human occupation called a tell, which rises about 32 feet (10 meters) above the surrounding plain. The earliest remains date back to Neolithic times, when farming first appeared in the Middle East, and a modern-day village called Satu Qala now lies on top of the tell.

The city thrived between 3,300 and 2,900 years ago, said Cinzia Pappi, an archaeologist at the Universität Leipzig in Germany. At the start of this period, the city was under the control of the Assyrian Empire and was used to administer the surrounding territory. Later on, as the empire declined, the city gained its independence and became the center of a kingdom that lasted for about 140 years, until the Assyrians reconquered it.

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Satu Qala (Idu)
Satu Qala (Idu) submitted by dodomad : Archaeologists in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq have discovered an ancient city that was called “Idu.” The site was occupied as far back as the Neolithic period, when farming first appeared in the Middle East, and the city reached its greatest extent between 3,300 and 2,900 years ago. The building shown here is a domestic structure, with at least two rooms, that may date to relat... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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