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Complex local settlement in Zagros Mountains before the Assyrians expanded into this region

About 5 km south of the district town of Qaladze, in the Peshdar Plain on the eastern bank of the Little Zab, lie the two archaeological sites of Qalat-i Dinka and Gird-i Bazar.

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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.

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The Last Hunters of the Eastern Fertile Crescent Archaeological Project

Ashkawta Rash(ئەشکەوتە ڕەش) is a Palaeolithic cave site located. 35 km northwest of the city of Slemani, near the Bazian Gates.

Memorandum of Understanding Between Slemani antiquities and heritage Directorate and Kurdistan Geological Society Slemani Branch

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Slemani antiquties and heritage Directorate  signed a memorandum of understanding between our directorate as a government entity and Kurdistan Geologists Association Slemani Branch to further coordinate and serve these two fields in Kurdistan in general and Sulaimani in particular.
 The memorandum of understanding is for the opening of joint courses and participation of cadres of both sides in such courses that are necessary and important for archaeological and geological affairs in both sides. 
 The new vision of archeology is to combine a number of important sciences, above all geology, which is considered to complement the stages of archaeological work. We have dozens of important archaeological and geological sites in Slemani province.