Due to global warming, the relics of a 3,400 year-old metropolis in the Middle East have been uncovered by archaeologists.
According to a group of German and Kurdish scholars, the Mosul reservoir was drained in response to the catastrophic droughts in Iraq to save local agriculture. As a result, the Mittani Empire-era city reappeared for the first time in ages as the reservoir began to empty.
The vast metropolis, which includes a castle and a number of sizable buildings, is thought by archaeologists to be the remains of Zakhiku, a significant location in the Mittani Empire during the Bronze Age from 1550 to 1350 BC. However, considering the area near the Tigris River was turned into a dam, the team says that nobody has seen these remains in more than 40 years.
Climate change is a major problem in Iraq.
According to experts, Iraq’s environment is particularly vulnerable to global warming. Extreme droughts that continue for weeks can be brought on by climate change in the country’s southern region. The country has been using water from the Mosul dam since December to make the soil viable. At that point, Kemune’s remains reappeared.
It allowed researchers to study the scene before water volumes normalized. As a result, the team managed to map the majority of the city, contributing to the information from an excursion in 2018. Unfortunately, only the palace lurking underwater was discovered in that examination.
Archaeologists found jars carrying cuneiform tablets
Also, the experts some kind of industrial complex and multi-story building at the location. University of Freiburg’s Dr. Ivana Puljiz said that the big magazine building is very important since there could have been enormous amounts of goods stored in the building, possibly from across the region.
Kurdish archaeologist Dr. Hasan Ahmed Qasim, who is the chairperson of the Kurdistan Archaeology Organisation, said that the excavation results demonstrate how the site was crucial enter in the Mittani Empire. In the ruins, the team discovered five ceramic jars that contain more than 100 cuneiform tablets dating back to the Middle Assyrian period. Some of the tablets could have been letters in clay envelopes.
