A 2,000-year-old fortress built on a mountainside in what’s now Iraqi Kurdistan could be part of a lost royal city called Natounia.
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With the help of drone photography, archaeologists excavated and cataloged the site during a series of digs between 2009 and 2022. Situated in the Zagros Mountains, the stone fortress of Rabana-Merquly comprises fortifications nearly 2.5 miles long, two smaller settlements, carved rock reliefs and a religious complex. The fortress was on the border of Adiabene, a minor kingdom governed by the kings of a local dynasty.
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