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, several ancient civilizations have built impeccable infrastructure, including ...

With the canals irrigating more than 700 ancient farms sometime between the ... floodplain are the primary water source for irrigation, and farmers in the past needed to have basic skills in ...

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. Remnants of ...

Researchers found thousands of ancient irrigation canals up to 5.6 miles (9 kilometers) long carved into the landscape near Basra in Iraq, which at the time was the Eridu region of Mesopotamia.

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 ...

A large network of ancient irrigation canals has been discovered in Iraq’s Eridu region, dating back over 3,000 years. The system, with over 200 major canals and 4,000 smaller ones, was used to ...

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 ...

This is a painting that dates back thousands of years to Ancient Egypt ... They built a system of canals to bring the water to the crops a process that's called irrigation. So it's no accident ...

With the canals irrigating more than 700 ancient farms sometime between the sixth and early ... “Rivers in the Mesopotamian floodplain are the primary water source for irrigation, and farmers in the ...