Tigris and Euphrates: After decades of planning, Turkiye initiated the massive Southeastern Anatolia Project, known as GAP, ...

Climate change is not just a modern dilemma; it’s a force that has reshaped the trajectory of human history time and again.

When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object's owner authorized ...

Rivers have always been more than just flowing water. They're lifelines, highways, and silent witnesses to humanity's ...

With low-lying areas around the world increasingly susceptible to flooding -- this at a time when population growth has necessitated the construction of more and more homes in such areas -- the ...

Climate change and rising salinity threaten Iraq's ancient cities like Ur and Babylon, imperiling thousands of years of ...

A study reveals that Sumer, the cradle of civilization, rose because of natural tidal irrigation that shaped the world’s ...

Archaeologists uncover a monumental 5,000-year-old building in Mesopotamia’s Kani Shaie, revealing Uruk’s cultural reach.

Around 2400 BCE, the Sumerian city-states of Lagash and Umma went to war over irrigation water. Lagash diverted canals feeding Umma’s fields, sparking one of the first documented conflicts over a ...

New research reveals Sumer’s cities may have risen with the tides, rewriting the origin story of the world’s first ...