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Archaeologists unearth ancient irrigation system

Al Ain: Archaeologists have found an ancient falaj an underground water channel, underneath the courtyard of a house in Al Ain, and say it might have been built some 3,000 years ago.
Experts at the Department of Antiquities and Tourism have already explored a small portion of the falaj during the recent excavation season.

A source at the department told Gulf News yesterday a team of archaeologists had carried out a rescue project and examined the falaj.

The falaj was located in the north of the Hili Archaeological Park…{{link http://gulfnews.com/Articles/NationNF.asp?ArticleID=173581 MORE}}

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