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Natural PlacesSite Name: Shanidar CaveCountry: Iraq
NOTE: This site is 32.107 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Arbil Nearest Village: Shanidar
Latitude: 36.800950N Longitude: 44.227058E
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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Cave or Rock Shelter in Iraq
Important north iraqi (iraqi Kurdistan) Cave in which remains of ten Neanderthals, dating from 35,000 to 65,000 years ago, have been found. Also early neolithic burials (around 8000 BCE) have been found in this cave. More at Wikipedia
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