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Mount Meywala

Coordinates: 34°24′04″N 47°07′40″E / 34.4010°N 47.1277°E / 34.4010; 47.1277
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Meywala
Meywala
Highest point
Elevation2,100 m (6,900 ft)
Coordinates34°24′04″N 47°07′40″E / 34.4010°N 47.1277°E / 34.4010; 47.1277
Geography
Parent rangeZagros Mountains

Meywala (Persian: میوله, Kurdish:میوله) is a mountain of the Zagros Mountains, located in western Iran, north of the city of Kermanshah.

Meywala, which means two horns, has twin summits named Do kal and Do Shakh.

Do-Ashkaft Cave

Do-Ashkaft Cave, being the Middle Paleolithic cave site, the oldest place of humans in Middle East. It is located about 1,600 metres above the sea level and its entrance faces south, overlooking the national park of Kuhestan.

The Mousterian occupants of the cave made their tools on local raw material outcrops around the cave. [1]

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