National Geographic
June 11, 2025 at 04:06 PM
Buried in the Mesopotamian desert, undisturbed for over two millennia, lay a hidden key to understanding one of the world’s oldest known civilizations.
Near Basra in southern Iraq, archaeologists were excavating what seemed like unpromising desert mounds—until they uncovered the ancient city of Eridu, one of the foundational cities of the world’s earliest known civilization.
Learn more about the ancient metropolis of Eridu: https://on.natgeo.com/BRWA071125
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