Researchers have discovered an extensive and remarkably well-preserved system of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu ...

Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern Mesopotamia, shedding new light on early farming practices. The research ...

This left the area dry and uninhabited in modern times, preserving the ancient landscape unlike elsewhere in Mesopotamia where older irrigation systems were buried under newer canals ...

Eridu was therefore left dry and uninhabited, preserving it like no other Mesopotamian region with irrigation systems that ended up buried under new canals. Satellite and drone images, as well as ...

This analysis focuses on studying sediments in areas believed to have been ancient riverbeds or irrigation canals around the city. A rendering of the digital twin of the archaeological landscape of ...