New research in Sumerian Eridu, the oldest known city, has mapped thousands of canals and farms, shedding light on the ...

Including the pyramids of ancient Egypt, the ziggurats of Mesopotamia, and the palaces of Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece, ...

The discoveries came to light during excavations in the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud ... site is the Ninurta Temple—with its ziggurat (stepped tower)—dedicated to the eponymous Assyrian ...