Cuneiform inscriptions on stones, ruined aqueduct, Jerwan, Iraq, 1977.
Cuneiform inscriptions on stones, ruined aqueduct, Jerwan, Iraq, 1977. Built in around 700 BC by the Assyrian King Sennacherib to supply water to his capital city, Nineveh, this is thought to be the oldest aqueduct in the world.
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