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Massive Mesopotamian canal network unearthed in Iraq
Researchers have identified an extensive Mesopotamian canal network that supplied ancient farms in the Eridu region with ...
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From lush to dust: Iraq's Lake Habbaniyah continues to dry up
Today, the lake’s shores are completely dry and areas that were once covered ... As the lake is shrinking and no fresh water is coming from the Euphrates, the weeds are leaving a foul odour ...
The 'world's first city' - 5,400 years old and had 4,000 canals
Eridu was left dry and uninhabited, preserving it like no other Mesopotamian region with irrigation systems that ended up ...
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Scientists uncover ancient irrigation system in Mesopotamia
Archaeologists have discovered a massive and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in southern Mesopotamia, ...
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Vast network of canals found underneath world’s first city
The canal network, detailed in the journal Antiquity, remained untouched for centuries due to a shift in the Euphrates river’s course in the first millennium BC. This left the area dry and ...
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Archaeologists Unearthed An Ancient Network of Canals Beneath the World’s First City
The research team found that the canals irrigated more than 700 farms in the region, which was inhabited between the sixth until the early first millennium B.C. Fed by the Euphrates River ...
Ancient Irrigation Network Unearthed in Mesopotamia
Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern ...