Ancient Irrigation Canals Unveiled Beneath Mesopotamia's First City

Identifying the preserved network of irrigation canals in the Eridu region, southern Mesopotamia

Identifying the preserved network of irrigation canals in the Eridu region, southern Mesopotamia

Archaeology breakthrough as incredible network of canals discovered underneath world's oldest city

Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery beneath the world's oldest city, unearthing an extensive network of ancient canals.The vast irrigation system was found underneath Eridu in southern Mesopotamia, in present-day Iraq.Dating back to before the first millennium BC, the discovery sheds new light on how early farmers irrigated their fields.Eridu, believed to be around 5,400 years old and abandoned in 600 BC, is one of the best-preserved…

Massive Mesopotamian canal network unearthed in Iraq

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.

The 'world's first city' - 5,400 years old and had 4,000 canals

Eridu was left dry and uninhabited, preserving it like no other Mesopotamian region with irrigation systems that ended up buried under new canals.

Vast network of canals found underneath world’s first city

Archaeologists find nearly 200 primary canals and 4,000 smaller branches feeding over 700 farms

Archaeologists Unearthed An Ancient Network of Canals Beneath the World’s First City

They nourished crops of a whopping 700 farms