An extreme drought in Iraq helped a team of Kurdish and German archaeologists to uncover what is believed to be the ancient city of Zakhiku. Zakhiku had long been lost underneath the waters of the ...

An ancient palace has emerged from an Iraqi reservoir after water levels dropped precipitously because of a drought. A lack of rain and the release of water through the Mosul Dam to relieve dry ...

May 31 (UPI) --A 3,400-year-old city believed to be central to the Mittani Empire re-emerged from the Tigris River earlier this year due to extreme drought in Iraq, scientists said Tuesday. A team of ...

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Last fall, as a drought gripped northern Iraq, the water in the reservoir held back by Mosul Dam receded enough to reveal an ancient palace dating to the Mittani Empire. A joint German and Iraqi squad ...

Zakhiku was hidden beath the waters of the Mosul reservoir until the months-long period of extreme drought brought about by climate change forced it to resurface. During the drought, water had to be ...

A team of German and Kurdish archaeologists have discovered a 3,400-year-old palace that belonged to the mysterious Mittani Empire, the University of Tübingen announced on Thursday. The discovery was ...

Receding waters has provided a significant opportunity for an Iraqi-German archaeological team to race against time to excavate and document an emerging Bronze Age city before it disappears under ...

German-Kurdish research team came upon a surprising discovery as ruins emerge from the waters of the Tigris River German and Kurdish archaeologists have uncovered a Bronze Age palace on the eastern ...