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Ziyaret Tepe was occupied nearly continuously for 2400 years starting in the Early Bronze Age (c. 3000 BC). For most of this time, Ziyaret Tepe was a modest village situated in the fertile Tigris floodplain. During the Iron Age (c. 882-610BC), however, Ziyaret Tepe became an important urban center on the northern periphery of the Assyrian Empire, when it was known as Tushhan.
Let us take you inside the ruined city of the Assyrians and the modern scientific explorations aimed at recovering and reconstructing its buried past.
For one week only, from Dec. 5 through Dec. 9, the Ziyaret Tepe Archaeological Trust (UK) is partnering with the Big Give for their Christmas Challenge. The Big Give will match all donations made to our project 1-for-1 during the week. These absolutely do not need to be large amounts, it is an opportunity for anyone who wishes to make a contribution to the project to be involved at whatever level they choose. If you go to the Big Give website and type "Ziyaret" into the "By Keyword" box, you will go straight to our project description. Or, even easier, just click here!
We would like to express our thanks to all our donors for their continued support and generosity.
For more on the British contribution to Ziyaret Tepe click here.
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