Iraq: Lost kingdom dating back to era before BC discovered
Today, Saturday, Iraqi and German archaeologists in the Kurdistan Region revealed a 2,000-year-old fortress built at the foot of a mountain in the Kurdistan Region, which could be part of a lost royal city called Natonia.
The scientific researcher at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, Michael Brown, said that “the carvings at the entrance to the fortress depict a king from Hydiabe, an ancient semi-independent kingdom loyal to the Parthians, based on the character’s clothing, especially his hat, and that it resembles other forms of the kings of Hydiabene, especially those found 230 km away on the site of an ancient city called Hatra.
The researchers used drones to explore the fortifications, which are about 4 km, along with two nearby settlements, Rabaneh and Margoli, in which the site is located.
Brown added, “This discovery adds to our knowledge of Parthian archeology and history, which remains remarkably incomplete, despite its apparent importance as a major force in the ancient Near East.”
He pointed out, “This fortress served as one of the regional centers of the Parthian Empire, known as the Arassid Empire, where its king reigned between 247 BC and 224 AD, as they were sworn enemies of the Roman Empire, and they fought various battles against them for more than two and a half centuries.
