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Massive Mesopotamian canal network unearthed in Iraq

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Researchers found thousands of ancient irrigation canals up to 5.6 miles ( 9 kilometers ) long carved into the landscape near Basra in Iraq .

Mesopotamians occupied this region along the vast Euphrates river from the sixth millennium B.C. to the early first millennium BC .

The researchers traced these canals using satellite imagery, geological maps, drone footage and other techniques.

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