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Drought Reveals Ancient Iraqi Necropolis Beneath Reservoir - Archaeology Magazine
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Drought Reveals Ancient Iraqi Necropolis Beneath Reservoir - Archaeology Magazine
KHANKE, IRAQ—Al Jazeera reports that a historic drought in northern Iraq has lowered water levels in the country’s largest reservoir, unexpectedly revealing parts of a 2,300-year-old ancient cemetery. An archaeological team investigated approximately 40 tombs around the edges of the Mosul Dam Lake near the Tigris River. Researchers were first made aware of the potential site in 2023 when a survey identified a few graves, but it was only during t…
Climate change is manifested in different ways according to the planet's region: in some places, as in northern Iraq, drought has reached the population for a long time, resulting in the decline in the water level of Mosul's recovery. However, despite this environmental impact, archaeologists have discovered a lost city of the Helenistic era, which was submerged for decades and where there was no previous record. Understand: archaeologists found…
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