Russian archeologists return to Iraq after 35 years

MOSCOW, April four. /TASS/. Russia's archeological mission is determined to come to Iraq 35 years later after it turned into forced to go away due to political considerations and a chronic duration of instability within the nation. specialists from the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Institutes of Archeology and Oriental Manuscripts will function box reports in two Iraqi provinces in southern Mesopotamia April 5-eleven, Russian Academy of Sciences Senior research Scientist Shakhmardan Amirov, PhD in heritage, informed TASS on Thursday.

The RAS’ Institute of Archeology is planning to perform the primary stage of container studies by using a joint Russian-Iraqi excursion April 5-11. The expedition is gearing as much as research a city of the ancient Babylonian length based in the Dhi Qar Governorate, 30 km away to the West of Ur (one of the crucial oldest Sumerian city-states in Mesopotamia that existed from round 4,000 BC to 500 BC - TASS). apart from that we plan to examine Ubaid monuments in the Maysan Governorate on the east bank of the Tigris river now not far from the Iranian border," Amirov stated.

Alexey Yanovsky-Dyakonov, a RAS Oriental Manuscripts Institute research Scientist, and Vasily Novikov, an archeologist focusing on aerial imagery will be part of the day trip alongside Amirov.

A Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Archeology Institute expedition headed with the aid of RAS Corresponding Fellow Rauf Munchaev turned into working in Mesopotamia (in modern Syria and Iraq) from 1969 to 2010. The assortment of findings made via this excursion enriched the museums of Baghdad and Mosul, whereas its effects are acknowledged all over the realm. youngsters, because of the Iran-Iraq conflict (1980-1988) Soviet scientists had been forced to go away Iraq and continue their experiences completely in Syria.

In 2016, the RAS Institute of Oriental Manuscripts geared up a global convention attended via Iraqi Minister of lifestyle, Tourism and Antiquities Abdulameer al-Hamdani. one of the crucial key outcomes of the meeting become the chance to resurrect the Russian reviews in the Southern Mesopotamia. The joint Russian-Iraqi day trip will study the UNESCO World Heritage monuments of early civilizations in southern Iraq.

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