page_title: Urkesh
hierarchical_section_title: Urkesh
caption_attribution_description: English: View of Tell Mozan (northeast Syria), ancient Urkesh, from the north. The dighouse can be seen in the middle of the tell.Nederlands: Zicht op Tell Mozan (noordoost-Syrië), het oude Urkesh, vanuit het noorden. Het opgravingshuis bevindt zich in het midden van de tell.
context_page_description: Urkesh or Urkish is a tell, or settlement mound, located in the foothills of the Taurus Mountains in Al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. It was founded during the fourth millennium BC possibly by the Hurrians on a site which appears to have been inhabited previously for a few centuries.
context_section_description: Urkesh or Urkish (modern Tell Mozan; Arabic: تل موزان‎) is a tell, or settlement mound, located in the foothills of the Taurus Mountains in Al-Hasakah Governorate, northeastern Syria. It was founded during the fourth millennium BC possibly by the Hurrians on a site which appears to have been inhabited previously for a few centuries.
caption: View of Tell Mozan from the north.
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