Hasakah, north-east Syria, (SANA)-The archeological sites in Hemma region in al-Hasakah contain 6204 stone inscriptions date back to historical periods extending from the Middle Paleolithic era to the 19th century AD. The ruins are stretched over 540 km. The Syrian-Belgian excavation works in Khcham site in 2001 unearthed pottery fractions dating back to 3rd millennium B.C. Director of al-Hasakah Antiquities Department Abdul Masih Baghdo said the Syrian-Belgian excavation mission unfolded 219 inscribed stone at this site including four-leg animals, deification of animals and human beings in Gods-shape. He added that the mission also unearthed two traps in Kakhurt Valley. The traps' buildings contain 8 towers believed to be used for hunting purposes. 500 human-shapedStone inscriptions, showing fighting between man and animals and a legendary man with animal's head were discovered inside the traps. The Belgian expedition excavated a settlement in Kafra site. The settlement included a number of stone buildings surrounding a 850 m yard dating back to the neo-Assyrian period, in addition to 1487 stone inscriptions portraying scenes of attacking monsters and ibexes through traps and a 4-wheel carriage dating back to the 3rd millennium B.C. Head of the Syrian-Belgian mission Khalid Hammo said the archeological surveys during the last excavation seasons unfolded 132 stone inscriptions in Ein Nabia, in addition to basalt buildings extended along 1km north-west of Khcham site, and 100 stone inscriptions and flint pottery fractions dating back to the 2nd millennium B.C. He added that Um al-Rkiba site contains 170 stone inscriptions for desert equipment dating back to the 1st millennium B.C. Hasaka Antiquities Department's report indicated that the 4-wheel carriage pulled by animals and man's fighting with a lion spread in the 2nd millennium B.C while other religious ceremonies dated back to the Achaemenid period.

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