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New exhibition of the archaeological investigations at Gird-i Yasin Tepe

The site is one of the largest tell-type sites in the Slemani Governorate and contains rich archaeological remains from the Neolithic to the Islamic periods.

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Residential project in Chwartaq district

In the Chwartaq district, there is a residential project. As per the Guidelines for the Implementation of the Law on The Management and Preservation of Heritage the Kurdistan Region of Iraq No. 5 of 2021, which were published in Al-waqa'a Al-iraqiya Newspaper (306), Number (23) on 14/7/2023, Article (10) and paragraph (3) state that if the land area for a commercial project exceeding more than (10 Acres), a test pit needs to be excavated to determine if the land is an archaeological site or not.

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Gird-î Qalrakh: a small mound in the North-eastern Shahrazor Plain

The site of Gird-î Qalrakh is a small but steep settlement place in the North-eastern Shahrazor-Plain. It was excavated in three seasons (2016, 2017 and 2019), the fourth season 2023 has just started. The archaeological discovery will be carried out jointly by the Slemani Archaeological and Heritage Directorates, along with two universities (University of Erlangen and University of Frankfurt), in Gridi-Kazhaw and Qalrgh. It will continue for years.

Banea 2024 Archaeological Conference at the University of Glasgow

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 On 3-4-5 January 2024, the University of Glasgow in Scotland hosted the International Archaeological Conference entitled "Archaeological Heritage Practice in Southwest Asia: Towards Equitable Futures".

During the conference, the Archaeology and Culture of Slemani was presented under the title "History of Slemani from the Stone Age to the Islamic Age".

The first day of the conference was dedicated to archaeological work in the Kurdistan Region. Representatives from several universities (including Reading, Glasgow, Liverpool, Harvard, and Berlin Institute), as well as the Director General of Archeology and Heritage of the Kurdistan Region, Dr. Kozad Ahmad from Slemani University, and experts from the Kurdish Heritage Revival Organization and Kurdish Heritage Organization, were present. These individuals are esteemed professors and experts in the field of archaeology in the Middle East.