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The façade and entrance into the rock-cut tombs of Ashkawt-i Qizqapan (Kurdish: The Cave of the Ravisher or the Cave of the Raped/Abducted Girl), which lies near Zarzi village and the Palaeolithic cave of Zarzi, Chemi Rezan Valley, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan. It is not a cave; it is a rock-cut tomb, which contains 3 tombs in 3 different burial chambers. It dates to the Median-Achaemenid Period, 600-330 BCE. The entrance into the tomb lies approximately 8 meters above the ground level.
Amin, O. S. M. (2018, January 23). Entrance, The Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/7981/entrance-the-rock-cut-tombs-of-qizqapan/
Amin, Osama S. M. "Entrance, The Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified January 23, 2018. https://www.ancient.eu/image/7981/entrance-the-rock-cut-tombs-of-qizqapan/.
Amin, Osama S. M. "Entrance, The Rock-Cut Tombs of Qizqapan." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 23 Jan 2018. Web. 12 Apr 2021.
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