A sprawling, hidden network of ancient irrigation canals has been uncovered near the ancient city of Eridu in southern Mesopotamia. Under the leadership of geoarchaeologist Jaafar Jotheri, researchers ...
History’s first city, at least according to the ancient text known as the Sumerian King List found on a clay tablet, was also ...
Mesopotamia, which is called the "cradle of civilisation", has been shown as a historical region ... Euphrates River. Other cities and kingdoms like Assyria, Der, and Urartu are also marked on the ...
A large network of ancient irrigation canals has been discovered in Iraq’s Eridu region, dating back over ... was used to divert Euphrates River water to farms. Researchers traced the canals ...
Mesopotamians occupied this region along the vast Euphrates river from the sixth millennium B.C. (8,000 to 7,000 years ago) to the early first millennium B.C. (3,000 to 2,000 years ago).