Iraq’s ancient buildings are being destroyed by climate change - Structural Steel Detailing | Metal Fabrication Near Me | Steel Structural Consultant

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Friday, April 15, 2022

Iraq’s ancient buildings are being destroyed by climate change

Water shortages leading to rising salt concentrations and sandstorms are eroding world’s ancient sites Some of the world’s most ancient buildings are being destroyed by climate change, as rising concentrations of salt in Iraq eat away at mud brick and more frequent sandstorms erode ancient wonders. Iraq is known as the cradle of civilisation. It was here that agriculture was born, some of the world’s oldest cities were built, such as the Sumerian capital Ur, and one of the first writing systems was developed – cuneiform. The country has “tens of thousands of sites from the Palaeolithic through Islamic eras”, explained Augusta McMahon, professor of Mesopotamian archaeology at the University of Cambridge. Continue reading...
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