Archaeologists at the ancient Sumerian city of Girsu (modern Tello) in southern Iraq excavated a strange, monumental brick structure in the 1920s and early 1930s and called it an “enigmatic construction.” Later research, using old excavation records plus new survey work, showed an ancient canal once ran through it, indicating it functioned as a bridge-like crossing that also shaped and accelerated water flow, comparable to a flume. Conservation and renewed study resumed in the 2010s through Brit
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Archaeologists at the ancient Sumerian city of Girsu (modern Tello) in southern Iraq excavated a strange, monumental brick structure in the 1920s and early 1930s and called it an “enigmatic construction.” Later research, using old excavation records plus new survey work, showed an ancient canal once ran through it, indicating it functioned as a bridge-like crossing that also shaped and accelerated water flow, comparable to a flume. Conservation and renewed study resumed in the 2010s through Brit
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