BAGHDAD Dec. 19 Reuter: Iraqi archaeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient city dating back to the Babylonian era approximately 2.000 B.C. the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported today.
It said the city 35 km (16 miles) southeast of Baghdad was divided into two districts split by narrow roads and its houses had been made of sundried clay bricks.
“Comparing the newly discovered city with similar cities discovered by archaeologists in the area between the Tigris and Diyala rivers proves that it was one of the cities of the Ashnoona Kingdom_2000-1 761 B.C.” spokesman for the Iraqi Antiquities Department quoted as saying.
Artifacts unearthed in the city included various glass pieces silver and copper coins coloured pots clay toys and statues of humans and animals:
SHANGHAL: Shanghai authorities accused student demonstrators of beating up police and warned the protests that they said imperil social order.
NEW DELHI India: Up to 40 people were feared dead ices bus plunged into a ravine near Shimla in northern India the Press Trust of India reported.
NEW DELHI India: More than 250 people made an emergency evacuation from an Air India airbus when flames were spotted above its right wheel as it landed at the southern city Trivandrum the Press Trust of India said.
Article extracted from this publication >> December 26, 1986
