Başûr Heritage site

Şikefta Şaneder

ئەشکەوتی شانەدەر

Shanidar Cave · A great cave mouth in the Bradost mountains where excavations uncovered ten Neanderthals, one seemingly laid to rest on a bed of flowers — a find that changed how we imagine them. On the slopes below lay one of the first villages of the earliest farmers.

Shanidar Cave
Khoshhat · CC BY-SA 4.0
Region
Başûr
Kind
Heritage site
English name
Shanidar Cave
Kurdish name
Şikefta Şaneder