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What ancient canals have been found around Geoksyur near the Karakum Desert?
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Archaeological expeditions conducted by the Soviet Union in the late 1940s and 1950s uncovered evidence of ancient canals dating back to the 3rd millennium BCE in the vicinity of Geoksyur, near the Karakum Desert.1