Mêrgasur, Iraq
Shanidar Cave
Shanidar Cave is an archaeological site on Bradost Mountain, within the Zagros Mountains in the Erbil Governorate of Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. Neanderthal remains were discovered here in 1953, including Shanidar 1, who survived several injuries, possibly due to care from others in his group, and Shanidar 4, the famed supposed 'flower burial', where pollen has been suggested to be the remnants of deliberately placed flowers. Until this discovery, Cro-Magnons, the earliest known H.
- City
- Mêrgasur
- Country
- Iraq
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
Background: Wikipedia