Archaeologists Clemens Reichel and Salam al-Quntar are co-directors of the project, and said that the city of Hamoukar is notable not only for its age, but also for its northern location at a time when all similar-sized cities were thought to have been further south. Hamoukar was invaded and destroyed circa 4500 BCE, but it may have been founded as far back as 6000 BCE.
Lost City Uncovered Under Syrian Desert
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2005-12-27 11:58
On the border between Syria and Iraq, archaeological excavation has uncovered the remains of a settlement from the fifth millenium BCE.
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