Tell el-'Oueili - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Tell el-'Oueili - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Tell el-'Oueili (also Awayli; ) is a tell, or ancient settlement mound, located in Dhi Qar Governorate, southern Iraq. The site was excavated between 1976 and 1989 by French archaeologists under the direction of Jean-Louis Huot. The excavations have revealed occupation layers predating those of Eridu, making Tell el-'Oueili the earliest known human settlement in Lower Mesopotamia. Read more on Wikipedia
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