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Some Heavy Lifting

The Bull Colossus floating down the Tigris on a Kelek (by F. C. Cooper). In: Ausin Henry Layard and the Rediscovery of Assyria

Keleks-wooden rafts held afloat by inflated goat skins - have not been much seen since the 1930s. In 1847, Layard used keleks to float 30-ton Lamassu (human-headed winged bulls) downriver from Nineva to the port at Basra. They now grace the British Museum. With the help of N. Horsley, we will wing our own way to Basra!

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Collapse of the marsh ecosystems of southern Iraq after 1991 forced hundreds of thousands of people into urban slums, and led to contamination of the remaining water supply. We will establish three test beds to see whether brackish water returned from oil drilling and refining can be used to construct new salt marshes. These will filter water, provide forage for livestock, create habitat for fish nurseries, and give new economic opportunities.
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