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Hamoukar



Hamoukar (in Arabic: حموقار) is a large archaeological site located in the Jazira region of northeastern Syria near the Iraqi border (Al Hasakah governorate). Excavation by a joint Syrian-American expedition (by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago and the Syrian Department of Antiquities) since 1999 have shown that this site houses the remains of one of the world's oldest known cities, leading scholars to believe that cities in this part of the world emerged much earlier than previously thought.



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