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Introduction by Kara Cooney, Prof. and Chair, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Urkesh, a dead city and yet alive. From clay to silicon: the pride of a lost heritage and a digital innovation
Giorgio Buccellati and Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati
Urkesh is the name of one of the first cities in history: it started around 4000 B.C. and it "died out" around 1200 B.C. How does a city "die"? When it is completely abandoned, in which case, in an environment like that of today's northeastern Syria, it turns into a hillock, a "tell" as is known in Arabic.
2021 Balzan Prize for Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East.
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