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Place

Susa (Shush)

ancient city

Ancient city0

Note

Wikidata's point for the site, on the mounds east of the modern town. An earlier version of this record put it about 1.2 km west, in the town of Shush. Where in the excavated mounds the tablets were found is not mapped.

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Susa (Shush) [Place PLC0D1P8WKA4J1D]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/PLC0D1P8WKA4J1D
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