Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern ...

The study provided a clear picture of the well-planned ancient irrigation system that once flourished in the region.

Researchers have identified an extensive Mesopotamian canal network that supplied ancient farms in the Eridu region with ...

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

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A sprawling, hidden network of ancient irrigation canals has been uncovered near the ancient city of Eridu in southern Mesopotamia ... near modern-day Basra in Iraq, remained untouched for ...

We are talking about the region known as Mesopotamia, a name that translates as ‘between the rivers’ – in other words the ‘Fertile Crescent’ that spreads out from the Tigris and the Euphrates. On a ...