The study provided a clear picture of the well-planned ancient irrigation system that once flourished in the region.

Archaeologists have uncovered a vast network of canals underneath the world’s oldest city in Mesopotamia, shedding more light ...

Archaeologists have discovered a massive and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in southern Mesopotamia, ...

Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern ...

Archaeologist and scholar Giorgio Buccellati’s book At the Origins of Politics describes how Mesopotamia’s urban revolution in the late fourth millennium BC shaped a new mentality. The segmentation ...

New research in Sumerian Eridu, the oldest known city, has mapped thousands of canals and farms, shedding light on the ...

The discovery that farming might not have been the catalyst for civilisation means we must completely rethink the timeline of ...