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  • Hazar Merd Cave

  • Hazar Merd Cave

    Hazar Merd is a group of Paleolithic cave sites located in Sulaymaniyah Governorate in Iraq. The Hazar Merd group provided evidence of Middle and Epi-Paleolithic occupation.
    Archaeological Site
    Hazar Merd Cave
    by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
    Elevation: 1120 m

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    Hazar Merd Cave

    Archaeological Site

     

     

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    Ancient Rock Workes

    Location

    Iraq

    Sulaymaniyah

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    Paleolithic Age

    Paleolithic

    Paleolithic

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    Stone Age Monuments

     

     

     

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