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 ...

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 ...

Researchers have identified an extensive Mesopotamian canal network that supplied ancient farms in the Eridu region with water from the Euphrates river before the first millennium B.C.

The irrigation network consists of over 200 primary canals, some of which stretch up to nine kilometers in length and are between two and five meters wide.

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.

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 ...

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 ...