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Kemune (thought to be the ancient city of Zakhiku) is an archaeological site discovered during a low water level in the reservoir of the Mosul Dam in the Nineveh Governorate, part of the Kurdistan region of Iraq in 2013. The Mitanni era city was destroyed by an earthquake around 1350 BC.

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  • History
  • Middle Bronze Age
  • Old Assyrian Period
  • Late Bronze Age
  • Mitanni Period
  • Middle Assyrian Period
  • Archaeology
  • See also
  • References
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Kemune (thought to be the ancient city of Zakhiku) is an archaeological site discovered during a low water level in the reservoir of the Mosul Dam in the Nineveh Governorate, part of the Kurdistan region of Iraq in 2013. The Mitanni era city was destroyed by an earthquake around 1350 BC.

==History== ===Middle Bronze Age=== ====Old Assyrian Period==== occupation

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