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Excavated archaeological wonders in Iraq · Mysteria

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Excavated archaeological wonders in Iraq

2 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.

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Archaeological wonders12 Hydraulic works6 Ancient cities5 Aqueducts2 Engineerings2 Tells2

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Partially excavated9 Excavated2 Excavation ongoing1

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sennacherib7 aqueduct4 assyrian4 nineveh4 neo assyrian3 babylon2 khinis

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nebuchadnezzar2

Archaeological wonders

🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works

Jerwan Aqueduct of Sennacherib

Neo-Assyrian (Sargonid) · Assyrian Imperial (Nineveh hydraulic corps)

Neo-Assyrian 280-m aqueduct bridge 705 BCE carrying Khosr Canal to Nineveh, largest pre-Roman.

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🇮🇶 Iraq · Archaeological wonder

Hanging Gardens of Babylon (claimed sites)

Neo-Babylonian claimed 600 BCE; Assyrian alternative 700 BCE · Babylonian or Assyrian (Neo-Assyrian Sennacherib)

Unlocated wonder: Nebuchadnezzar's terraces vs Dalley's Nineveh screw garden.