As a result, the ancient irrigation system was preserved intact, which is a rarity compared to other Mesopotamian locations ...

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

This complex irrigation network reflects the advanced water management skills of ancient Mesopotamian farmers, who used the natural landscape to their advantage. The high river levees allowed ...

“Rivers in the Mesopotamian floodplain are the primary water source for irrigation, and farmers in the past needed to have basic skills in diverting water from rivers to their farms,” the ...

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 ...

unlike other Mesopotamian regions where river courses changed drastically over the centuries, in the Eridu region, the Euphrates remained relatively stable, allowing the main canals to retain their ...

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 ...