Erbil Citadel

Erbil Citadel

Erbil Citadel The Citadel town of Erbil lies in the middle of the greater city of Erbil, the Capital City of the Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq.   The overall form of the citadel town is circular but more elliptical to be precise. It rises some 30 meters...
Lalish

Lalish

Lalish Lalish also called Lalişa Nûranî is a small mountain valley village dating back about 4000 years (some argue that it is 7000 years old), situated in the Shekhan District of Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq, near the border with Iraqi Kurdistan. It contains...
Halabja

Halabja

Halabja is a city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and the capital of Halabja Governorate, located about 79.6 km and 14 km from the Iranian border. The city lies at the base of what is often referred to as the greater Hewraman region stretching across the Iran–Iraq...
Hamilton Road

Hamilton Road

Hamilton Road ROAD THROUGH KURDISTAN (a book by A. M. Hamilton) describes the work of a New Zealand engineer during the four years he spent in the mountains of Kurdistan in 1928, being in sole charge of large gangs of native workman whom he trained to do technical...
Shanadar Cave

Shanadar Cave

Shanadar Cave  is an archaeological site located on Bradost Mountain in Iraq. The remains of ten Neanderthals, dating from 35,000 to 65,000 years ago, have been found within the cave. The cave also contains two later “proto-Neolithic” cemeteries, one of which dates...