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The Underwater 'Lost City of Zakhiku' Resurfaces 3,400 Years Later On Tigris River
Travel Noire via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA 3,400 year-old city emerged from the Tigris River in Iraq due to a drought, revealing the hidden...
Ancient City Unearthed in Iraq After Extreme Drought Dries up Tigris River, Archeologists Say
People via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Bronze Age city surfaced earlier this year after "large amounts of water" were drawn from the...
Iraq's extreme drought reveals a 3,400-year-old city
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAerial view of the excavation site, with Bronze Age architecture partly submerged.Universities of Freiburg and Tübingen, KAO Receding waters during an...
On This Day, Aug. 31: Russian submarine sinks killing 9
United Press International via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOn Aug. 31, 2005, close to 1,000 people, most of whom were Shiite pilgrims, died in a stampede and...
Rolling blackouts, sudden shutdowns: Extreme heat boils — and roils — the Middle East
LA Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIraqis swim in the Tigris River to beat the heat in Baghdad in July. (Hadi Mizban / Associated...
Dwindling water levels reveal another surprise: An ancient lost city
NBC Universal via AOL· 2 years agoThe ruins of a 3,400-year-old lost city — complete with a palace and a sprawling fort — have been...
Cold War satellite images reveal nearly 400 Roman forts in the Middle East
Live Science via Yahoo News· 7 months agoFour back-and-white aerial images showing roman forts captured in satellite photos by the U.S....
Salt, drought decimate buffaloes in Iraq's southern marshes
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAbbas Hashem fixed his worried gaze on the horizon — the day was almost gone and still, there was no...
Iraq reopens Baghdad's Green Zone to ease traffic jams
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIraqi authorities reopened Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone on Sunday in an attempt to ease...
Officials: US aid worker shot dead in Baghdad in rare attack
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAssailants fatally shot an American aid worker Monday in a rare killing of a foreigner in the Iraqi...