Abdul-Amir Hamdani is the Director of Dhi-qar antiquities office for the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage. . . Hamdani states that he found this site on December 30th of 2009. The new site is located in a remote desert about 33 km southeast from the ruins of Eridu near modern Abu Sahrein. Eridu was long thought to be the southernmost of the Sumerian cities, and possibly the oldest city in the region, now this new site revises the map of antiquity. Site Dated To Ur's 3rd Dynasty Exploration of the site has revealed bricks inscribed in cuneiform writing which have been dated to the 3rd Dynasty of Ur (ca. 2113-2006 BCE).
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