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Banea 2024 Archaeological Conference at the University of Glasgow

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".

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Human Landscape - Site (Trans-) Formation in the Transtigris Area

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Grdi Kani Shaie, excavations provided the first stratigraphic sequence for this previously unexplored region

Kani Shaie is a site located in the Bazian Valley that has been excavated by the University of Coimbra, with many collaborations since 2013. This 60m diameter mound revealed continuous occupation from the Ubaid period in the 5th millennium BCE to the Early Bronze Age in the 3rd millennium BCE

Slemani Antiquities and Heritage Directorate

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Slemani Antiquities and Heritage Directorate 

It's one of the Kurdistan archaeological institutions in Kurdistan and Slemani, Administratively, it is affiliated with the General Directorate of Antiquities and Heritage in the Kurdistan Region in the structure of the Ministry of Municipalities and Tourism.

The museum was established on July, 14 1961 in a small house in the locality of Shorsh formerly, but currently its name is Aqari locality. The first director of the Slemani Museum was the late (Rafiq Fathullah).

Obviously, this directorate develops its annual plan and strategy within the framework of the work of Kurdistan Regional Government in several directions and objectives, as follows:-

Protecting cultural and archaeological sites and continuing its scientific works (surveying excavation, restoration of cultural houses, archaeological mosques, castles, etc...), in order to write the correct facts and correct history for Kurdistan. It has organized its work in two lines:

(The first line is surveying, archaeological and cultural work.-the second line is museum), so that 

A-local teams have excavated in dozens sites, Slemani has become a ball of archaeological work for Kurdistan and even Iraq, and so for this they want to bring their theoretical and practical work to every street and center in the world.

B- According to UNESCO, Slemani museum is the first largest museum in Kurdistan and the second museum in Iraq after the national museum of Baghdad in terms of building area and the presence of many rare unique objects. Every year, the museum is enriched with archaeological artifacts and pieces, new galleries, new showcases and exhibitions of new pieces due to the work of local and foreign teams.

It is worth to mention that the directorate currently consists of the following departments:-

- Administration section.

- ⁠Museum.

- ⁠Accounting.

- ⁠Department of Law. 

- ⁠Excavation and Heritage.

- ⁠Engineers section.

- ⁠Audit section.

- ⁠Mech workshop.

- ⁠The library.

- ⁠Storage.

 

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