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Douara Cave

On the 19th September, we left early in the morning for the Douara Cave located about 40km north east from Palmyra ruins. The Doura Cave is an archeological site of Neaderthal age where the Japan-Syria expedition team was excavating for 5 years since 1981. In this cave are found many fossils of animal borns and stone tools, and some remains of stone tools factories of Neanderthal age are also found in a huge basin behind the cave. The excavation team was expecting to discover some human borns in this area, but they could not make it.

A view from the road for the Doura Cave out of the route seven in the Syrian desert(1).
The stones found on the ground are supposed to be a remain of Bedouin's camp.
The Syrian desert near the Doura Cave.
Bedoiun's camps found near the Douara cave.
Approach to the Douara Cave, an archeological site of Neaderthal age. The Japan-Syria expedetion team found a lot of stone tools and animal borns in this cave.
A view around the Douara Cave.
A view from the Douara Cave.
The Douara basin from the top of the Douara Cave(1)
The Douara basin from the top of the Douara Cave(2)
Trees of Pistacio found in Jabel Al-Mara , a highland located 50km west of the Douara Cave, 30km from Palmyra ruins.
Jabel Al-Mara is a highland of 1300m above the sea level located 50km west of the Douara Cave, 60km north from Palmyra ruins. Fossils of Pistacio's seeds were found in the Douara Cave by Japan-Syria expedition team.

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