Rafidain العربية
Shanidar Cave 4
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Shanidar Cave

كهف شانيدر

PrehistoryErbil

In the 1950s Ralph Solecki found the remains of about ten Neanderthals here, people who lived tens of thousands of years ago.

The so-called “flower burial” sparked a long debate about their funeral rites; digging resumed in 2015 and revealed a new skeleton.

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