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Birecik Baraji Mezarligi |
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Cemetery | |||||
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460 m | |||||
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Southeastern Anatolia | |||||
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Gaziantep | |||||
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Nizip | |||||
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Village:
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Merkez | |||||
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Visited - 20/8/2001 | |||||
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| Location: It lies about 800-100 m southeast of Birecik Dam where the Euphrates coming from the north bends toward the east; 10 km west of Bilecik District of Sanliurfa Province; 9 km east-northeast of Nizip District; about 45 km east of Gaziantep Province. It will not be submerged by the Dam. It has no specific name. The excavators named it after the dam nearby. |
| Geography and Environment: The cemetery starts 30 m far from the southwestern bank of the Euphrates and continues 200 m toward the southwest on a slope rising slightly to the west with a soft inclination. It is 10-15 m high from the river basin. It covers an area of ca. 250 m long in the east-west direction. The graves built into the red clay virgin soil have been completely covered by a 1-1.5 m thick alluvial conveyed by the seasonal streams from the Nizip Plateau in addition to the erosion. The cemetery is in a locked position. |
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