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title: The Ancient Mound of Bakr Awa, Sulaimaniya, Kurdistan
author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3060/the-ancient-mound-of-bakr-awa-sulaimaniya-kurdista/
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updated: 1970-01-01
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# The Ancient Mound of Bakr Awa, Sulaimaniya, Kurdistan

_Authored by [Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/OsamaSMAmin/)_

## Image File

[![The Ancient Mound of Bakr Awa, Sulaimaniya, Kurdistan](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3060.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/3060.jpg)

## Image Caption

Bakr Awa is a mound southeast of the modern [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) of Sulaimaniya, near the city of Halabja, within the Sharazor plain, Iraqi Kurdistan. A German archaeological team headed by Professor Peter Miglus (of the University of Heidelberg) has been excavating the site since 2010 in cooperation with the Sulaimaniya Antiquities Directorate and the Sulaimaniya Museum. The site underwent limited excavations by Ephraim Speiser in 1927 CE. During the years 1960-1961 CE, Iraqi archaeologists (of the Directorate General of Antiquities in Baghdad, Iraq) did extensive excavations and field studies on the site. Numerous artifacts, from the Islamic period back to the late [Bronze Age](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Bronze_Age/), have been recovered within different ancient layers/levels.

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## About the Author

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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## Cite This Work

### APA
Amin, O. S. M. (2014, September 23). The Ancient Mound of Bakr Awa, Sulaimaniya, Kurdistan. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3060/the-ancient-mound-of-bakr-awa-sulaimaniya-kurdista/>
### Chicago
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "The Ancient Mound of Bakr Awa, Sulaimaniya, Kurdistan." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 23, 2014. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3060/the-ancient-mound-of-bakr-awa-sulaimaniya-kurdista/>.
### MLA
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "The Ancient Mound of Bakr Awa, Sulaimaniya, Kurdistan." *World History Encyclopedia*, 23 Sep 2014, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3060/the-ancient-mound-of-bakr-awa-sulaimaniya-kurdista/>.

## License & Copyright

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