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04/06/22 08:15 AM IST

Iraq's extreme drought reveals a 3,400-year-old city

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  • A severe drought brought on by climate change revealed an ancient Bronze Age city in Iraq.
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  • The ruins of a 3,400-year-old lost city have been unearthed in Iraq after extreme drought severely depleted water levels in the country’s largest reservoir.
  • The settlement is thought to be the ancient city of Zakhiku, once a buzzing political center in the region.
  • The Bronze Age settlement, long engulfed by the Tigris River, emerged earlier this year in the Mosul Dam.
  • The city is located in the Kurdistan region at a site known as Kemune.
  • The settlement was likely a key hub during the Mittani Empire, from 1550 to 1350 B.C.
  • An earthquake likely destroyed much of the city in around 1350 B.C., but some of its ruins are preserved underneath collapsed walls.
Source- Indian express 

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