<< Text Pages >> Eshnunna - Ancient Village or Settlement in Iraq
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Multi-periodSite Name: EshnunnaCountry: Iraq
NOTE: This site is 7.241 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Baghdad Nearest Village: Tell Asmar
Latitude: 33.886327N Longitude: 45.037020E
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 Iraq
Situated in the Diyala Valley north-east of Sumeria proper, Eshnunna nonetheless belonged securely the Sumerian culture. An American team led by Henri Frankfort started to excavate the remains of the ancient city preserved in the mound of Tell Asmar in the 1930s.
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