Historical footnote

Archeologists have uncovered evidence of a Mesapotamian city destroyed by war aroud 3500 B.C.

"The whole area of our most recent excavation was a war zone," said Clemens Reichel, Research Associate at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Reichel, the American co-director of the Syrian-American Archaeological Expedition to Hamoukar, lead a team that spent October and November at the site. Salam al-Quntar of the Syrian Department of Antiquities and Cambridge University was Syrian co-director. Hamoukar is an ancient site in extreme northeastern Syria near the Iraqi border.
The discovery provides the earliest evidence for large scale organized warfare in the Mesopotamian world, the team said.

Several hundred sling bullets were found in the excavation. The ancient city was then apparently occupied by the invaders.

I can't help wondering how many other fallen cities lie buried in the region.