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Jan 12, 2022 · 'Cradle of civilisations' Near Najaf in central Iraq, Ibrahim Salman of the German Institute of Archaeology is focused on the site of the city of Al-Hira. After a conflict-imposed absence of...
Members of a German-Iraqi archaeological expedition follow up on geophysical survey at the ancient site of Al-Hirah, south of the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, Oct. 24, 2021. (AFP Photo) After ...
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Al-Hira (Arabic: الحيرة, romanized: al-Ḥīra [1] Middle Persian: Hērt [2]) was an ancient city in Mesopotamia located south of what is now Kufa in south-central Iraq.
Jul 2, 2021 · In recent weeks a research team led by prominent Iraqi historian Professor Khalid al Hussainy has been exploring what al Hira’s history, evidenced also by its archaeology and ruins in the province and its cultural and intellectual legacies, mean in Iraqi society.
The Lakhmid Kingdom (Arabic: اللخميون, romanized: al-Lakhmiyyūn), also referred to in Arabic as al-Manādhirah (المناذرة, romanized as: al-Manādhira) or Banu Lakhm (بنو لخم, romanized as: Banū Lakhm) was an Arab kingdom in Southern Iraq and Eastern Arabia, with al-Hirah as their capital, from the late 3rd century to 602 ...
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Jun 16, 2023 · The site of historic al-Hira lies in sourthern central Iraq. Today it is endangered by the growing cities of Najaf and Kufa. Archaeological excavations go back to th 1930ties, rescue excavations were conducted by Iraqi archaeologists since 2007.
