Kemune 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.
Location: Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
Founded: circa 1600 BC
Abandoned: Middle 2nd millennium BC
Periods: Bronze Age
Cultures: Mitanni period
Excavation dates: 2018, 2022
Archaeologists: Hasan Ahmed Qasim, Ivana Puljiz, Peter Pfälzner
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