There is in that area a long drought. It is true that a climatic calamity, but it has a good side. The drought uncovers new ruins in the basins of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. It happens as it passes through Iraq and Syria, the oldest civilizations in the world.
The lowering of river and reservoir levels exposes traces of the past. The lowering of the flow of the Euphrates has uncovered several archaeological sites in northern Syria. For example, cemeteries dating back 11 millennia.

11 thousand years
Prominent among these sites is that of Tel Qamluq Hill. Several sites of the third and fourth millennium BC emerged there. It is told by the general director of Syrian Antiquities and Museums, Mohamed Nazeer Awad. He has reports and images from technicians and archaeologists in the region.
With the receding of the flooded area, the site of Tel Meribet has also emerged. There are remains from the ninth millennium BC. The first Syrian wall was built there in the area about 11,000 years ago.
More surprising is the city that has emerged in Iraqi Kurdistan, on the banks. They were enlarged by the scarcity of water, from the Mosul Dam reservoir. It is the city of Zajiko, an important cultural center of the ancient kingdom of Mitani. It developed between 1550 and 1350 BC.
Zajiko was mentioned in ancient Babylonian texts. But its exact location was unknown. Now they discovered many parts of the city. Residential buildings, a place for metal smelting, towers.

Drought and excavations
The drought uncovers new ruins also other remains. There are multiple brick walls, seals, pottery and cuneiform texts. A section of walls of a building with remnants of its original color appeared.
The level of the reservoir is allowing further excavations to be carried out at the site. They are supervised by the Kurdish-Iraqi Directorate of Antiquities and Heritage in Dohuk. And the German universities of Tübingen and Freiburg are collaborating.