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Massive Mesopotamian canal network unearthed in IraqResearchers 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.
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Lost site of Alexander the Great's famous battle against ancient Persians discovered in TurkeyResearchers believe they have found the site where Alexander the Great's troops fought the Battle of the Granicus.
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Strange phenomena create festive decorations on Iraq's 'Christmas tree lake'Earth from space A 2018 astronaut photo shows a festive, fir-tree-shaped artificial reservoir in Iraq decorated with both natural and imagined ornaments.
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Queen Puabi's lyre: A bull-headed music maker played for Mesopotamian royalty 4,500 years agoA lyre in a treasure-laden royal tomb discovered in Mesopotamia is the earliest stringed instrument ever found.
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Ancient Assyrian capital that's been abandoned for 2,700 years revealed in new magnetic surveyA new magnetic survey of the ancient Assyrian capital of Khorsabad has revealed several structures, including a villa, buried underground.
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7,000-year-old alien-like figurine from Kuwait a 'total surprise' to archaeologistsA newfound clay head from the sixth millennium B.C. is the first of its kind ever found in Kuwait, but similar finds have been unearthed from ancient Mesopotamia.
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5,000-year-old artifacts in Iraq hint at mysterious collapse of one of the world's 1st governmentsNewly analyzed 5,000-year-old clay bowls unearthed in Iraq may be evidence of early government-like rule, a new study finds.
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Declassified spy satellite images reveal 1,400-year-old battle site in Iraq that set off the Muslim conquestHistorical texts that mentioned details about the battle site helped researchers match the images to the lost town of al-Qadisiyyah.
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Origins of world's earliest writing point to symbols on 'seals' used in Mesopotamian tradeResearchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural products and textiles.
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