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Multi-periodSite Name: Qatna Alternative Name: Tell-el-Mishrife, QatanumCountry: Syria
NOTE: This site is 38.839 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Homs Nearest Village: Mashrafah
Latitude: 34.835797N Longitude: 36.866373E
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 Syria
Qatna was an Amorrite town between 2004 and 1595 BCE. Apparantly Hammurabi of Babylon captured the town around 1800 BCE. The town was located in an era fought over by the Mitanni Kingdom and the Egyptians around 1500 BCE. The town was later plundered by the Hittites around 1350 BCE and then the Sea People around 1180 BCE, towards the end of the Bronze Age. Arameans, originally from Arabia, later resetled the regions. A large basalt statue and the archives were found.
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