Credit: J. Jotheri et al. The research, conducted by a multidisciplinary team of archaeologists and geologists from various universities and international institutions, confirms that the Eridu region, ...

Fired clay brick stamped with the name of Amar-Sin, Ur III, from Eridu, currently housed in the British Museum. (photo credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 ...

Eridu in southern Mesopotamia, or modern-day Iraq, presents one of the most well-preserved ancient archaeological sites. It's believed to be around 5,400 years old and was abandoned in 600 BC.

Researchers mapped over 4,000 canals in the Mesopotamian region around Eridu, history’s first city. The research team found that the canals irrigated more than 700 farms in the region ...

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Ziggurat of Ur. Credit: flickr / Joshua McFall CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Archaeologists have uncovered an extensive irrigation system, including canals and farms, near Sumerian Eridu, an ancient Mesopotamian ...

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.

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The discovery was made in the Eridu region, near present-day Basra, Iraq, and dates back to as early as the sixth century BC. The research team, led by geoarchaeologist Jaafar Jotheri, found that ...

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 team, ...