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Necropole

Syria / Dayr-az-Zawr / Hajin /
 necropolis, ancient
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till the Syrian civil war, the area of the necropole was not researched by archeologists and more or less virgin. New sat-images show the destructuion of the whole area by illegal digging and robbing the artefacts by IS. A loss for science and culture of huge dimensions.
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Coordinates:   34°44'50"N   40°43'30"E
This article was last modified 10 years ago