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Shanidar Cave (Kurdish: ئەشکەوتی شانەدەر, romanized: Eşkewtî Şaneder, [1] [2] Arabic: كَهَف شانِدَر [3]) is an archaeological site on Bradost Mountain, within the Zagros Mountains in the Erbil Governorate of Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. [4]
Country Iraq: Autonomous region ... The Shanidar Cave is located 14 kilometres (9 mi) to the southeast. [4] References This page was last edited on 7 November 2024 ...
The reservoir that would have been created by the Bekhme Dam would have a storage capacity of 17 cubic kilometres (4.1 cu mi) and would have flooded numerous villages, the archaeological site of Zawi Chemi Shanidar and the access road to Shanidar Cave (although not the cave itself). [25] [26]
Bradost mountain range. Bradost or Chia-y Bradost (Nawakhin), a mountain range over 5,000 feet above sea level and about 25 miles long, stretches northwest from the Rawanduz river opposite the town of Rawanduz in Erbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, to Rubari kuchuk, a tributary of the Great Zab.
Shanidar Cave is surrounded by Mediterranean vegetation. Due to its latitude and altitude, Iraqi Kurdistan is cooler and much wetter than the rest of Iraq. Most areas in the region fall within the Mediterranean climate zone ( Csa ), with areas to the southwest being semi-arid ( BSh ).
Shanidar 2 and 4 are sometimes not treated as Neanderthals. All but Shanidar 3 and 10 (and fragments of 5 excavated in 2015-2016) [36] may have been destroyed in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. [40] Iran: Bawa Yawan: Lower left deciduous canine 1 ~43,600-~41,500 years ago [41] Heydari-Guran et al (2021) [41] Iran: Wezmeh: maxillary right premolar ...
The Battle of Gaugamela, in which Alexander the Great defeated Darius III of Persia, took place in 331 BC approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) west of Erbil according to Urbano Monti's world map. [34] After the battle, Darius managed to flee to the city. (Somewhat inaccurately, the confrontation is sometimes known as the "Battle of Arbela".)
English: Shanidar II's skeletal remains (upper and lower jaws and teeth, skull fragments, and non-cranial bones); on one of the bones, someone wrote "Shanidar II". From Shanidar Cave, Erbil, Iraq. Circa 60,000 to 45,00o BCE. On display at the Pre-History Gallery of the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, Iraq.