During excavations in the ancient city of Dara in the area of Artukl of the Southeast Turkish province of Mardin, a channel with drinking water was discovered, the age of which has 1,500 years.
Excavations near Egtda Museum Mardin began 38 years ago 30 kilometers from the same administrative center of the province.
Currently, archaeological work is underway at the Agora (Market Square) of the Ancient City.
Dara was founded by the Eastern Roman Empire to protect its borders from the invasions of the Sassanids.
On the Agora, along with the channel of the Roman era, more than 10 trading shops were also discovered.
the channel, through which drinking water from the corresponding container was supplied to the area was littered with about two tons of stones. Water distribution was carried out using a cement tap system.
Archaeologists found a 30-meter section of the canal.
Director of the Murdin Museum and the head of the excavations of Abdulgani Tarkan, in an interview with the Anadolu agency, said that his team reached significant architectural monuments in the gift founded by Emperor Anastasios in 507.
“In the gift there are tanks with water similar to the basil tank in Istanbul. Water is transported to the city from the tank in which tons of water is located, through the system of canals and cement water pipelines. This is a water supply system that satisfied the city’s needs in drinking water, created 1500 years ago, ”he explained.