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Archaeologists may have discovered lost royal city in ancient fortress

By Misty Severi
Published July 20, 2022 9:48pm ET
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Archaeologists may have discovered lost royal city in ancient fortress
Archaeologists discovered an ancient fortress in Iraqi Kurdistan that experts believe could be the lost royal city of Natounia from 2,000 years ago, according to research published Tuesday in the academic journal Antiquity. The ancient fortress, named Rabana-Merquly, was found on the border of Adiabene, an ancient Mesopotamian kingdom, in the current Zagros Mountains, according […]


Archaeologists discovered an ancient fortress in Iraqi Kurdistan that experts believe could be the lost royal city of Natounia from 2,000 years ago, according to research published Tuesday in the academic journal Antiquity.

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