Archaeologists have discovered the lost city of Manchester in Marda, where there are traces of the city. It is located near a modern town called Basetki in northern Iraq. It has lived for thousands of years. Archaeologists have just announced that the remains of Mardaman, a lost city about 4,800 years ago, have been found in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, and the remains left by its ancient residents have formed a hill called "Tyre". The research team of the University of Tubingen in Germany has been excavating the site for many years, but it was not until last summer that they found 92 wedge-shaped stone tablets hidden in pottery in the remains of a palace.

Recently, Betina Faist, a linguist (linguist) at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, deciphered the words on the stone tablet and found only the name of this ancient city: Mardaman (sometimes called Mardaman).

The remains of Mardaman near the modern town of Basetsky show that the city started from 2800 BC to 2650 BC and reached its peak from 1900 BC to 1700 BC, said Peter Pfaar Zner, a professor of ancient near-east archaeology at the University of Tubingen. The city flourished during the New Assyrian period from 91BC to 6 12 BC [photo: ancient city discovered in Iraq].

Archaeologists began to work in this city from 20 13, and found that the name of this city was made on the site before that, and it was not uncovered until the 92 wedge-shaped stone tablets found on the site were deciphered. (Peter Pfazner/ University of Tubingen) These stone tablets can be traced back to around 1250 BC, when the city was part of the Assyrian Empire and was ruled by an Assyrian governor named ashur Nasir. Pfaar Zina, who is in charge of excavating the city, said that the wedge-shaped slate shows ashur Nasir's "administrative and commercial affairs with Marda Ma people".

Sometimes, Marda Horse is part of a larger empire, but according to the ancient documents discovered before, sometimes it is an independent kingdom. On other archaeological sites, palaces with wedge-shaped stone tablets were found and destroyed in 1200 BC, but the city still exists. In fact, at different times in its history, Marda Man was attacked, partially destroyed and later rebuilt.

These 92 wedge-shaped stone tablets were found in pottery from a palace site. (Peter Fazner, University of Tubingen. The picture shows Peter Pfazner of Tubingen University (Peter Pf? The stone tablet in the clay pot photographed by lzner is wrapped in a thick layer of clay, which shows that the residents of this city intend to preserve the stone tablet. Pfaar Zinner said in a statement from the University of Tubingen that these stone tablets "may have been hidden in this way shortly after the surrounding buildings were destroyed." Maybe this information (the content on the slate) is to protect and preserve future generations.

The excavation work of Mardaman is under way. Pfaar Zinna said in a statement that fortunately, this ancient city survived and other Iraqi archaeological sites were recently looted. "Based on its position on the trade routes between Mesopotamia, Anatolia and Syria,

""Mardaman has undoubtedly become an influential city and regional kingdom. "Sometimes, it is Mesopotamia's opponent.

The team from the University of Tubingen started working in this city on 20 13. At that time, they didn't know the name of the city. Although their excavation was the first large-scale scientific research in the city, the remains of the site were found sporadically in the past, including a nude portrait found in the 1960s.

Originally published in the journal Life Science.