It is thousands of years old – witness.. a cemetery of Assyrian kings in Iraq covered by water in winter and appearing to light in summer

The drop in the water level in the Dukan Dam in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan revealed the cover of archaeological tombs in the “Shamchara” hill in the Rania district, dating back to more than 5 thousand years BC, according to historical sources.

Under the Rania River there are approximately 6 hills, but the drop in the water level in the past few years has clearly led to the emergence of 3 of them on land, revealing dozens of ancient tombs, some of which belong to Assyrian kings. Read also Video- Iraqi Christian sects celebrate it.. Akito is the oldest feast known to mankind The Syriac language.. extends for thousands of years and refuses to disappear

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sizes of these graves vary from half a meter to more than 3 meters, with very small and coarse bones for the dead in them.

The local authorities in this region have found very rare archaeological pieces during the past years, but they complain about the lack of interest of the regional government in making it a tourist archaeological area, after international archaeological teams conducted an excavation.