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El Kowm

Homs Governorate, Syria

El Kowm or Al Kawm is a circular, 20 km (12 mi) gap in the Syrian mountains that houses a series of archaeological sites. The El Kowm oasis is located northeast of Palmyra in Syria, near Al-Sukhnah. It shows some of the longest and most important cultural sequences in the Middle East, with periods of occupation by humans for over 1 million years.

Archaeological site data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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