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Me-Turan

Ancient city · Iraq

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
—
Population
—
Coordinates
34.214, 45.085
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Why it was abandoned

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Detected automatically from the text: ancient city in Mesopotamia

History

Me-Turan is an archaeological site in Diyala Governorate Iraq comprising the modern Tell Haddad and the two mounds of Tell al-Sib. In Neo-Assyrian times it was known as Me-Turnat. It was excavated as part of the Hamrin Dam salvage project.

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