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Widely accepted places in Iraq matching “Sulaymaniyah Governorate” · Mysteria

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Widely accepted places in Iraq matching “Sulaymaniyah Governorate”

5 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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Verified212 Widely accepted66 Contested2 Hypothetical1 Unverified0 Pseudoarchaeology0

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Tells122 Ancient cities85 Temple complexes60 Mounds58 Archaeological wonders50

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🇮🇶Iraq281

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UNESCO World Heritage only

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Partially excavated119 Not applicable57 Excavated50 Excavation ongoing29 Buried20

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iraq82 tell73 archaeological wonder38 wikidata researched37 ancient city32 temple complex26 wikipedia sourced

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Pyramids

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Buried cities28

Ancient villages23

Hydraulic works9

Temple platforms5

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chalcolithic eba13

multi period temple culture9

“Sulaymaniyah Governorate”🇮🇶 Iraq Widely accepted Clear all

🇮🇶 Iraq · Ancient city

Qalatga Darband

archaeological site in Iraq

🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder

Rabana-Merquly

Parthian Empire

archaeological landscape in Iraq

🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder

Tell Bazmusian

Samarra culture

archaeological site in Iraq

🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder

Tell Begum

Halaf culture

archaeological site in Iraq

🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder

Tell Kunara

ِAkkadian-Lullubian archaeological site in Iraq