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Credit: Durham University An international team of archaeologists has, for the first time, accurately dated an extensive farming system in southern ... which devastated much of Mesopotamia, as well as ...

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“We now have strong evidence that farming life in this region didn ... rather than early Neolithic sites in western Iran or Mesopotamia. These Iranian sites, often overlooked in grand narratives ...

Further research aims to date each canal to better understand changes in farming practices over time. Comparing the canal designs with descriptions from ancient cuneiform texts could provide even more ...

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This left the area dry and abandoned, unlike other parts of Mesopotamia, where newer canals ... a rare opportunity to study an early farming landscape. Using satellite images, drone photography ...

Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern Mesopotamia, shedding new light on early farming practices. The research team, ...