Drought Reveals Dozens of 2,000-Year-Old Tombs in Northern Iraqi Reservoir

Drought Reveals Dozens of 2,000-Year-Old Tombs in Northern Iraqi Reservoir

Forty ancient tombs were unearthed along the Mosul Dam reservoir in northern Iraq due to a drought that lowered water levels in the country’s largest reservoir, reported CBS News. A team of archaeologists had previously surveyed the area in 2023—working when water levels fell—but could only identify parts of a few tombs. The forty that have now been identified are thought to be more than 2,300 years old from the Hellenistic or Hellenistic-Sele…