Falling waters of Euphrates, Tigris rivers reveal submerged archaeological sites
The drop of the water levels in recent years has uncovered many archaeological and ancient sites that were submerged beneath the two historic rivers in Syria, Iraq and Turkey.
The decline of water levels at the Euphrates Dam lake in eastern Syria recently revealed a large archaeological burial site.
The site, which dates back to the Byzantine civilization in the Raqqa province, stretches over large areas on the eastern bank of the Euphrates Dam (also known as Tabqa Dam) lake, starting from Wadi Sahl al-Khashab and Shams al-Din area in the northwestern countryside of Raqqa until the administrative border between Raqqa and Aleppo.
The drop of the Euphrates and Tigris waters during the past three years has uncovered many archaeological sites that were submerged in the waters of the two rivers that cross through Syria, Iraq and Turkey.
Water levels in the Euphrates River have reached dangerously low levels in recent years. The flow from Turkey toward Syrian territory is below 200 cubic meters per second, which is less than half the quantity agreed upon between the two countries in 1987.
