Athar Alrafedain

Abstract

The Archaeological excavations carried out by State Board of Antiquities and Heritage at the site of Tal Maskan, the first season in the summer of September 2008 AD, which was included in the list of sites that have been subjected to abuse for decades and are still, resulted in various archaeological collections in terms of cultural value. The most abundant in number, the richness of its technical subjects, and its service purposes, and it varied according to its misfortune after unveiling it among the rubble of the four points identified by the mission, as well as the preliminary data of previous investigations from the staff of the General Authority for Antiquities on the surface of the hill site in 1972, which Indicated broken pottery as well as mounds of ashes; This was confirmed by the results of the excavations of the first season 2008 AD within the sounding points in the depths of the first and second layers.