Field Notes
Floods Threaten Ancient Assyrian City
Rising waters from a new dam scheduled to open in 2007 will submerge many of the temples, ziggurats and residences of Ashur, an ancient Assyrian city about 190 miles north of modern Baghdad, Iraq.
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Rising waters from a new dam scheduled to open in 2007 will submerge many of the temples, ziggurats and residences of Ashur, an ancient Assyrian city about 190 miles north of modern Baghdad, Iraq.