Researchers have discovered an extensive and remarkably well-preserved system of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu ...

“The high river levees allowed water to flow by gravity to surrounding ... even more insight into agricultural management in Mesopotamia,” the team concluded.

Water is the mainspring of civilization. This was recognized at the dawn of civilization in Mesopotamia and Egypt. Water was conceived as the source of all things, eternal and primeval. This early ...

The high river levees allowed water to flow by gravity to surrounding ... provide even more insight into agricultural ...