A sprawling, hidden network of ancient irrigation canals has been uncovered near the ancient city of Eridu in southern Mesopotamia. Under the leadership of geoarchaeologist Jaafar Jotheri, researchers ...

World's Oldest City Had a Massive Canal System, Experts Uncover an Ancient Irrigation Network in Eridu Throughout history, ...

The authors noted that the Euphrates River’s highly elevated levees enabled ... was abandoned instead of built over, preserving the ancient landscape. Excavations at specific spots could help ...

The U.S. military did major damage to the site of one of the wonders of the ancient world while converting it into a base, the United Nations said in a new report. The site of the Hanging Gardens of ...

A large network of ancient irrigation canals has been discovered ... was used to divert Euphrates River water to farms. Researchers traced the canals using satellite imagery and geological mapping.

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 uninhabited in modern times, preserving the ancient ...

It offers rare insights into how ancient farmers from the sixth century until the early first millennium BC irrigated their fields using the Euphrates River. The Eridu region, near Basra in ...

Along the Euphrates river was Ancient Babylon, which sat at the heart of the Mesopotamian civilization around 2000 B.C. to 540 B.C., and the even more ancient city of Eridu, founded closer to the ...

Historically, Mesopotamia has depended on the Euphrates River and its tributaries for crop irrigation. The ability to divert water from these rivers through canals was essential for the sustainability ...

which was inhabited between the sixth until the early first millennium B.C. Fed by the Euphrates River, these canals required extensive upkeep and work to water the network of farms. History’s first ...