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4000 year old boat salvaged near the ancient city of Uruk
3/28/22 An ancient boat, made of bitumen and not preserved organic material, was excavated during the spring 2022 campaign of the Iraqi German Mission of the State Board of Antiquities and the Orient Department of the German Archaeological Institute, digitally documented in three dimensions and completely recovered for further rescue and preservation. On March 23, 2022, it could be handed over to the Iraq Museum in Baghdad.