SHANIDAR CAVE

SHANIDAR CAVE

Shanidar gelato may be regarded as one of the most famous vestigial caves within periods before Century in near east and west Asia probably is the hugest gelato in Iraqi Kurdistan. Shanidar is situated along Zagros Mountain at the North West edge of the chain of Bradost Mountain at an altitude of more than 822m above sea level, and at distance 162Km from Centre of Erbil. In general the cave is tringle shape with a width 53m and 40m long with only 8m high. The entrance is about 25m which will expand inside to approach 175ft and the height in the middle exceed 45ft from base line floor. This Gelato have been discovered by the American archeological Ralph Soliky in 1951 when he was a member of Michigan University team for such investigation. The investigations have shown that the floor of the cave contains accumulated layers of remains, indicating that Man has lived in it for several successive generations. It is among the oldest human settlements dating back to the roles of the Old Stone Age, known as the (role Mestiri), before (50-70) thousand years ago, Alangnishi role and beginning before (30) thousand years ago. It also contains tools from the Paleolithic (12 thousand years ago) and the Neolithic (10 thousand years back). Seven skeletons of Neanderthal man were found in the Shanidar Cave, and some human skeletons of Homosapiens from Neolithic ages were also found in the upper floors.