🏙 The Lost City of Zakhiku

A team of archaeologists recently uncovered a 3,400-year-old Mittani Empire city once located on the Tigris River. They believe it could be Zakhiku, a major center of the empire from 1550 B.C. to 1350 B.C.

🤯🌊 A real-life Atlantis... The city had been submerged underwater for decades, but a recent drought in Iraq meant water levels dropped low enough to uncover the ruins. 

• The archaeologists had to work quickly, as they had no idea when water levels would rise again. 
• Thankfully, they were able to map out the entire ancient city and excavate some well-preserved artifacts before their time ran out.

🗯 What they're saying: “It is close to a miracle that [the artifacts] survived so many decades under water,” per one of the expedition's lead archaeologists.