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Sweyhat
36.2742° N, 38.2539° E
About
Tell es-Sweyhat is the name of a large archaeological site on the Euphrates River in northern Syria. It is located in Raqqa Governorate roughly 95 km northeast of Aleppo and 60 km south of Carchemish. Also, a Uruk site of Jebel Aruda and a Bronze Age site Tell Hadidi (Azu) are located just across the river.
Historical Timeline
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Destruction and abandonment
end of the 2nd millennium BC
Initial excavations
1973–1975
Renewed fieldwork
1989–1992
Cemetery discovery
1993
Project conclusion
2010
Primary occupation
c. 3100–1900 BC
Archaeological Features
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Burial and Funerary Structures
Religious and Ritual Structures
Domestic and Habitation Structures
Environmental and Natural Features
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