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Hasankeyf: The Twelve Thousand Year Old Town Which Will Soon Be Underwater

Hasankeyf: The Twelve Thousand Year Old Town Which Will Soon Be Underwater

by Richard Collett | Jul 5, 2016 | ABANDONED PLACES, Turkey

I travelled to the ancient town of Hasankeyf in southern Turkey, an ancient Mesopotamian settlement in the cradle of civilization that may soon be completely flooded. “Hasankeyf is old”, Arjan tells me over a cup of steaming hot Chai on the banks of the...

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