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Tell Maghzaliyah

Nineveh Governorate, Iraq

Tell Maghzaliyah
Tell Maghzaliyah. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Tell Maghzaliyah (Tell Maghzalia), in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, is a prehistoric fortified aceramic Mesolithic and Neolithic site located approximately 7.5 km northwest of Yarim Tepe, with which it shows some similarities. It is situated near the Abra River, a tributary of the Habur River, which eventually drains into the Euphrates River. Tell Maghzaliyah shows the development of pre-Hassuna culture. There are also numerous connections to the Jarmo culture going back to 7000 BCE.

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

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