Archeological pieces, arched entrance and wall unearthed in Raqaa, Syria

July 15, 2010

The American Excavation mission working in Tal Sweihat archeological site, western Raqaa city, unearthed a group of archeological pieces, arched entrance and a wall of a city dating back to the 3rd millennium B.C.

 Director of the Antiquities Department in Raqaa, Mohammad Sarhan al-Ahmad said the American mission excavated a human skeleton under the wall and 3m height walls and arched entrance north of the hill.

He added that the mission also discovered a cylindrical and flat seals and 46 beads made of shell, glass and stone dating back to the 3rd millennium B. C.

 Some archeological studies say that the archeological Tal al-Sweihat contains under its layers an old city called Burman, mentioned in the scripts of the ancient city of Ebla.