A 3500-year-old Discovery Makes Headlines After It Emerges Itself From The Waters Of River Tigris In Iraq
Political Pressure
Each member of the construction company was aware of the problems that would occur after the building of the dam since the riverbed is made up of gypsum and anhydrite, which means it is a potentially unstable place to construct a dam. But the work moved forward due to political pressure on the location and the schedule.
