Ancient Bronze Age city reemerges from Iraq river after extreme drought

[Disir]

When an extreme drought caused a 3,400-year-old city to reemerge from a reservoir on the Tigris River in northern Iraq, archaeologists raced to excavate it before the water returned.

The Bronze Age city, at an archaeological site called Kemune, is a relic of the Mittani Empire (also spelled Mitanni Empire), an ancient kingdom that ruled parts of northern Mesopotamia from around 1500 B.C. to 1350 B.C. Researchers have long known of the remains of the city, but they can only investigate them during droughts.

Archaeologists partly excavated Kemune in 2018 and discovered a lost palace with 22-foot-high (7 meters) walls and chambers decorated in painted murals, Live Science previously reported. This time, researchers mapped most of the city, including an industrial complex and a multistory storage facility that likely held goods from all over the region, according to a statement(opens in new tab) released by the University of Tübingen in Germany.

Ancient Bronze Age city reemerges from Iraq river after extreme drought

The ancient city was part of the Mittani Empire.

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They have some tablets but they don't know what's on them and the city is underwater again.

 

[deannalw]

We used to live down the road from Shasta Lake in northern Cali. One year the most amazing sights were to be had as long flooded towns (from the building of the dam) and buildings resurfaced. It was so fascinating!

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

We used to live down the road from Shasta Lake in northern Cali. One year the most amazing sights were to be had as long flooded towns (from the building of the dam) and buildings resurfaced. It was so fascinating!

The lake I used fish frequently Fayetteville lake has a lot of old structures that were flooded when they dammed a river for a power plant cooling lake.
If you have a powerful fish finder you can see them clearly,from farm pond dams to house slabs.
One of the farm pond dams gets within two feet of the surface and you can get out of the boat and wade it.