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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Baghuz TombsCountry: Syria
NOTE: This site is 1.954 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Abu Kemal Nearest Village: Abu Kemal
Latitude: 34.464785N Longitude: 40.905152E
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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Chambered Tomb in Syria
2 brick funeral towers with remains of 3 others still visible. Before WWII, there used to be over 200. Dating to the Palmyra era around 200 BCE. At the edge of the desert west of the Euphrates.
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