Entrance, The Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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Entrance, The Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan

The façade and entrance into the rock-cut tombs of Ashkawt-i Qizqapan (Kurdish: The Cave of the Ravisher or the Cave of the Raped/Abducted Girl), which lies near Zarzi village and the Palaeolithic cave of Zarzi, Chemi Rezan Valley, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan. It is not a cave; it is a rock-cut tomb, which contains 3 tombs in 3 different burial chambers. It dates to the Median-Achaemenid Period, 600-330 BCE. The entrance into the tomb lies approximately 8 meters above the ground level.

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2018, January 23). Entrance, The Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7981/entrance-the-rock-cut-tombs-of-qizqapan/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Entrance, The Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified January 23, 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7981/entrance-the-rock-cut-tombs-of-qizqapan/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Entrance, The Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 23 Jan 2018. Web. 21 Oct 2021.