[language] An ancient city in Syria

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Tue May 23 10:50:02 UTC 2000


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May 23, 2000

BURIED CITY SHAKES UP ARCHEOLOGICAL THINKING
from The Chicago Tribune

An ancient city in Syria discovered by scientists from the University of
Chicago's Oriental Institute shows evidence that the age of cities and
civilization dawned even earlier than previously believed.

Digging into a huge mound known as Tell Hamoukar, past villages and towns
that disappeared thousands of years ago, a joint Chicago/Syrian team was
astonished to discover something even older underneath: a protective city
wall and other evidence of a complex government dating back at least 6,000
years.

Previously, the only cities archeologists had found dating to 4000 B.C. were
in Sumeria, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in what is now Iraq.
Those places, such as ancient Ur and Uruk, then were in their infancy,
centers of newly emerging complex kingdoms being amalgamated from tribal
clans.

Full text:
http://www.chicago.tribune.com/news/metro/chicago/article/0,2669,ART-44932,FF.html

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