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 ...

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 ...

With the canals irrigating more than 700 ancient farms sometime between the ... The authors noted that the Euphrates River’s highly elevated levees enabled water to flow simply by gravity ...