A sprawling, hidden network of ancient irrigation canals has been uncovered near the ancient city of Eridu in southern ...

Agricultural production is thought to be the basis for supporting and provisioning Mesopotamian cities, states and empires. The researchers' new evidence that crops and food were, in fact ...

These irrigation systems were particularly important in southern Mesopotamia, which often does not get enough rainfall to support agriculture. Another impressive Mesopotamian architectural ...

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

The Sumerians learned to farm on a grand scale in the so-called Fertile Crescent, a thin, crescent-shaped sliver of Mesopotamia often tied to the dawn of farming, writing, mathematics and astronomy.

An ancient civilization that ruled Mesopotamia nearly 4,000 years ago was likely wiped out because of disastrous dust storms, a new study suggests. The Akkadian Empire, which ruled what is now ...

Researchers investigating how the first writing arose identified the motifs on preliterate "cylinder seals" used in the trade of agricultural ... was developed in early Mesopotamia around 3100 ...

The Mesopotamian marshlands are often referred ... scale transition from a lifestyle of hunting and gathering to one of agriculture and settlement. Encompassing four separate marshes, the region ...