Rivers are not fixed in place but rather tend to shift across the landscape. As they travel, they sow the seeds for diverse and productive ecosystems—forests, wetlands and floodplains—to emerge and ...

Mesopotamia, the world's oldest civilisation, arose in ancient Iraq, pioneering writing, law, and science. Explore its ...

Mesopotamian clay maps, dating back 5,000 years, provide a fascinating glimpse into the ancient world’s perception of geography, particularly its rivers. These clay tablets not only depict the ...

The tenure review of South Canterbury’s historic Mesopotamia station has been finalised under a tenure review agreement announced today by Land Information Minister David Parker and Conservation ...

A historical area of the Middle-East that spans most of what is now known as Iraq but also stretched to include parts of Syria and Turkey. The term 'Mesopotamia' comes from Greek, meaning 'between two ...

FOR anyone with an iota of classical education, the word Mesopotamia resounds with excitement―the mythical land “between the rivers”, the mighty Tigris and Euphrates. Branded as the cradle of ...

The mysterious fall of the largest of the world's earliest urban civilizations nearly 4,000 years ago in what is now India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh now appears to have a key culprit — ancient ...