An aerial photo shows an archaeological site where researchers uncovered massive earthen structures, believed to have been built with slave labor, and found that their construction spanned several centuries, near Basra, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Jaafar Jotheri) - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
Archealistgists may have finally figured out the origin of a vast network of ridges and canals in Southern Iraq.
New evidence suggests that the lines, long thought to be the remains of a large-scale agricultural system, may indeed have been constructed using slave labour.
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