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<< Text Pages >> Djade al-Mughara - Ancient Village or Settlement in Syria

Submitted by Andy B on Thursday, 18 October 2007  Page Views: 9901

Multi-periodSite Name: Djade al-Mughara
Country: Syria Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Aleppo
Latitude: 36.202780N  Longitude: 37.158610E
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
0No data.
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
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
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
0no data
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Ancient Village or Settlement in Syria. A wall picture, measuring 2m by 2m, has been found below ground at Djade al-Mughara, a Neolithic settlement on the Euphrates river north-east of the city of Aleppo.

Experts say the painting would have formed part of the circular wall of a large house. Its red tint came from burnt hematite rock, while crushed limestone formed the white and charcoal provided the black.

The wall will be moved and put on display at Aleppo Museum next year. Before the discovery, the world's oldest wall painting was thought to be an example found in Turkey. But that was created 1,500 years after the Djade al-Mughara example, according to Science magazine.

More details on the wall painting on our news page.

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