Tell Halaf
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Tell Halaf is an archaeological site in Al-Hasakah in northeastern Syria, a few kilometers from the city of Ras al-Ayn near the Syria–Turkey border. The site, which dates to the sixth millennium BCE,
Part of the excavated ruins of Tell Halaf in 2009
Hunting scene relief in basalt found at Tell Halaf, dated 850–830 BCE
This relief depicting a winged genie was once in the palace of King Kapara. Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
Excavated statue from the palace of Tell Halaf. Bit Bahiani period. Pergamonmuseum, Berlin
Syria
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Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north and northwe
Tell Halaf
…Tell Halaf (Arabic: تل حلف) is an archaeological site in Al-Hasakah in northeastern Syria, a few kilometers from the city of Ras al-Ayn near the Syria–Turkey border. The site, which dates to the sixth millennium BCE, was the first to be…
Reconstructed sculpture of a bird from Tell Halaf
Ishqi-Mari, king of the Second Kingdom of Mari, circa 2300 BC
Amrit Phoenician Temple
Antioch in Syria became the capital of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire in 240 BC