AUSTRALIAN BUSHFIRES REVEAL ANCIENT AQUATIC SYSTEM, BUILT OVER 6,000 YEARS AGO

In July 2019, an aquatic system located in Budj Bim National Park in Victoria (Australia) was known to archaeologists and added to UNESCO’S World Heritage List. However, additional sections were revealed by the fires that have ripped through the state in December.

The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, consisting of channels, weirs and dams built from volcanic rocks, is one of the world’s most extensive and oldest aquaculture systems, according to UNESCO. Constructed by the Gunditjmara people more than 6,600 years ago, it is older than Egypt’s pyramids.