Contest #887 – Jerwan Aqueduct, Ninevah, Iraq

Jerwan archaeological site, part of Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib's canal system 06.jpg
By Levi ClancyOwn work, CC0, Link

In the 8th century BCE, The Assyrian King Sennacherib had a problem. He had all these gardens in Ninevah (near the modern city of Mosul) (some would refer to them as the “Hanging Gardens of Babylon”, one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World), but water was scarce there. To fix his problem, he had an aqueduct created to bring water from the mountains near Dohuk, 75 km away. Considering that this aqueduct predates any such Roman construction by 500 years, many consider this to be the site to be the oldest aqueduct in the world.

Those who moved the water to find it before the hint:

  • Martin de Bock
  • Paul Voestermans
  • hhgygy
  • Garfield
  • Lighthouse
  • Eloy Cano
  • Kent Pearson
  • Phil Ower
  • Graham Hedley
  • Angie CF
  • Turriant
  • Bas van Limpt
  • Glenmorren

And after the hint:

  • bernd

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