At the threshold of written history, when the first civilizations began to consolidate in Mesopotamia and Anatolia, the world ...

The mystery of a pyramid structure that was found under the sea off the coast of the Azores Islands in 2013 is still puzzling ...

The irrigation network consists of over 200 primary canals, some of which stretch up to nine kilometers in length and are between two and five meters wide.

These discoveries have challenged long-held beliefs that the world’s oldest cities emerged in Mesopotamia ... to track the presence of underground structures by identifying differences in ...

That enabled Mesopotamian rule to be personal and indeed ... of the transition from “nature” to man-made institutional structures suggests how land and credit relations evolved along similar ...

Göbekli Tepe is located in Upper Mesopotamia, a region which saw the emergence of the most ancient farming communities in the world. Monumental structures, interpreted as monumental communal buildings ...

Mesopotamia has depended on the Euphrates River and its tributaries for crop irrigation. The ability to divert water from these rivers through canals was essential for the sustainability of urban ...

Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern Mesopotamia, shedding new light on early farming practices. The research ...