5,000-Year-Old Monumental Building Excavated in Iraq - Archaeology Magazine

5,000-Year-Old Monumental Building Excavated in Iraq - Archaeology Magazine

Aerial view of excavations, Kani Shaie, Iraq KURDISTAN, IRAQ—Traces of a monumental building thought to be at least 5,000 years old have been discovered at the Kani Shaie archaeological site, which is located in the foothills of the Zagros Mountains in northern Iraq, according to a statement released by the University of Coimbra. Researchers from the University of Coimbra, the University of Algarve, the University of Cambridge, and the Slemani A…