Object description

Dederiyeh Cave is a cave in Syria in which systematic excavations have take place since 1987. The cave is located 60 kilometers northwest of Aleppo in the Afrin District, on the left bank of a wadi, at an altitude of 450 meter. Two Neanderthal children were found in the cave, in 1993 and 1997-1998, both of which showed evidence that they were buried.