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title: Cliff Face, Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan
author: Sulaymaniyah Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8006/cliff-face-rock-cut-tombs-of-qizqapan/
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# Cliff Face, Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan

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## Image File

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## Image Caption

The rock-cut tombs of Ashkawt-i Qizqapan (Kurdish: The Cave of the Ravisher or the Cave of the Raped/Abducted Girl). The “cave” is carved into the cliff of the mountain and is approximately 8 meters above the ground level; it seems that the area below the cave was artificially smoothed out so that the access into the tombs becomes difficult. This photo dates to June 14, 1999, 3 years before the conservation/restoration work, which was done by the Directorate General of Antiquities of Sulaymaniyah. Note that the left half of the volute of the left capital is absent. At that time, the cave was not a destination for tourists and was inaccessible with no ladder. Median-[Achaemenid](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Achaemenid/) Period, 600-330 BCE. Near Zarzi village and the Palaeolithic cave of Zarzi, Chemi Rezan Valley, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan. Photo courtesy Hashim Hama Abdullah, director of the Sulaymaniyah Museum.

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## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, S. (2018, January 23). Cliff Face, Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8006/cliff-face-rock-cut-tombs-of-qizqapan/>
### Chicago
Museum, Sulaymaniyah. "Cliff Face, Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 23, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8006/cliff-face-rock-cut-tombs-of-qizqapan/>.
### MLA
Museum, Sulaymaniyah. "Cliff Face, Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan." *World History Encyclopedia*, 23 Jan 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8006/cliff-face-rock-cut-tombs-of-qizqapan/>.

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Original image by **Sulaymaniyah Museum**. Submitted by [Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/OsamaSMAmin/ "User Page: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin"), published on 23 January 2018. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Copyright](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright). You cannot use, copy, distribute, or modify this item without explicit permission from the author. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.