Erbil Citadel is a fortified settlement on top of an imposing ovoid-shaped tell (a hill created by many generations of people living and rebuilding on the same spot) in the Kurdistan region, Erbil ...

14 Beautiful Photos Of Erbil, ... An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. ... The Citadel is located on a mound that archaeologists think conceals the remains of ancient cultures.

As the world’s earliest known civilization developed in Mesopotamia…as Genghis Khan worked to create the largest contiguous land empire in history…as the Ottomans occupied Europea… ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Erbil Citadel’s main street is under construction and scheduled to be completed in mid-March next year, funded by UNESCO and a public figure from the Kurdistan Region.

The Citadel, at the heart of the Kurdish city of Erbil, has been inhabited for six millennia. Now, amid war and destruction, it's undergoing a much-needed restoration and upgrade of city services.

The Citadel has a continuous fortress wall of 19th century facades overlooking the the city of Erbil which dates back to the late Ottoman Empire. Japan’s government-operated Tomioka Silk Mill ...

This image of Erbil Citadel and its surroundings was acquired on November 20, 2018, by the Operational Land Imager on the Landsat 8 satellite. From above, ...

The first time the Erbil citadel appears in historical sources we find it in the tablets of Ebla (Syria), around 2300 BC. The Citadel in 2007 / photo Jim Gordon on Wikimedia Commons However, evidence ...

The 100-foot-high, oval-shaped citadel of Erbil towers high above the northern Mesopotamian plain, within sight of the Zagros Mountains that lead to the Iranian plateau.

The citadel itself was closed, but the food vendors were everywhere. We loved the roasted corn on the cob, which the vendors doused with lemon juice! We also tried a fava bean dish called bagilla.

Erbil Citadel, Kurdistan, Iraq. Among the oldest continually inhabited areas on Earth, this walled settlement looming over modern Erbil, in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region, ...