Syrian Tombs

Post by **Minimalist** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:59 am

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 082150.htm

An ancient, untouched Syrian tomb that wowed the archaeological world on its discovery by Johns Hopkins University researchers nearly six years ago has revealed another secret: It is not alone.

marduk · Post by **marduk** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:21 am

http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/HAM/NN_S ... Sum00.html
http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/HAM/Hamoukar.html
its not really all that impressive when you consider the Syrian city of Hamoukar which was destroyed by warfare around 3500bce
warfare involving projectile weapons

before egypt was founded

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:51 pm

The new tombs were identified and excavated by the Johns Hopkins team in the summers of 2002, 2004 and 2006, with funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Geographic Society, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Dellheim Foundation of Baltimore and the Department of Near Eastern Studies at Johns Hopkins. Given differences in ceramic objects found in the tombs, Schwartz and his team have concluded that they were built sequentially over three centuries, from about 2500 to about 2200 B.C. The tombs were built next to each other, with the complex expanding horizontally. Since they found no more than eight skeletons per tomb, the archaeologists hypothesize that these are tombs of different families or dynasties.

Very interesting article Min.

Post by **Minimalist** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:53 pm

they were built sequentially over three centuries, from about 2500 to about 2200 B.C.

Right around Sneferu and Khufu's time period.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 1:56 pm

I'm totally shocked.

Cognito · Post by **Cognito** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 11:56 pm

The city of Hamoukar is an impressive testament to technology and war circa 3,500bce. It is interesting that few trade goods from Uruk were found prior to the city's destruction, but traces of Uruk are found everywhere thereafter. Hmm. Do you suppose those pesky Sumerians were flexing their muscle along a major east-west trade route?

And, if they took out Hamoukar, where did they go next?