Researchers have uncovered a vast and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu region of southern Mesopotamia ... an extensive system of water management that predates ...

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 recognition of the link between water ...

This major network of more than 4,000 canals and 700 farms reveals the ingenuity of early civilizations in water management, ...