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Partially excavated places tagged “neo assyrian”

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🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works

Nimrud Dam

Neo-Assyrian Empire 879-612 BCE · Assyrian Neo-Assyrian imperial engineers

879 BCE Assyrian Tigris weir dam (200 m) at Nimrud with 5 gated sluices feeding Sennacherib's canal cascade to Nineveh.

🇮🇶 Iraq · Hydraulic works

Sennacherib's Canal System & Jerwan Aqueduct

Iron Age Neo-Assyrian Empire (705–681 BCE Sennacherib) · Neo-Assyrian imperial engineers under Sennacherib

690 BCE Assyrian 300-m stone arch aqueduct—world's oldest bridge-aqueduct carrying Nineveh's 80-km canal.