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Tepe Gawra

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[te-pe gau-rah] / ˈtɛ pɛ gaʊˈrɑ /

noun

  1. an archaeological site in N Iraq, near Mosul: excavations have revealed that numerous settlements have occupied this site since c5000 b.c.


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Only a handful of ruins — at Ubaid, Eridu and Oueili in southern Mesopotamia and Tepe Gawra, in the north near Mosul, Iraq — had produced at best a sketchy picture of these older cultures.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2010

In fact, archaeologists said, it was similar in design to a seal found 185 miles to the east, at Tepe Gawra, near Mosul.

From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2010

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