A handmade gate on a modern canal in northern Peru doesn’t seem that different from ancient canals, but the pre-Hispanic canal systems were generally more conceptually complex and interconnected.

These ancient irrigation systems reveal how early societies engineered sustainable agriculture in extreme environments. 7. Petralona Skull: The Dating App That Broke Archaeology Image: Wikipedia ...

Archaeologists have discovered a vast network of ancient irrigation canals near Eridu in Iraq, regarded as the world’s oldest city. The discovery is an amazing window on how early agriculture ...

Malta's ancient cart ruts remain an intriguing mystery that has puzzled historians and archaeologists for centuries ...

An ancient Moorish invention could protect Spain from a future of severe droughts. The irrigation channels run through 15,000 miles of Spain's mountainous provinces. As generational knowledge ...

van der Kooij noted that some previous surveys have been undertaken in the region but, as far as is known, there has been no work on ancient irrigation works or channels. Historically speaking, some ...

Seeing the north coast of Peru for the first time, you would be hard-pressed to believe it’s one of the driest deserts in the world. Parts of the region receive less than an inch of rain in an entire ...

Ancient beliefs, behaviors and norms – what archaeologists call culture – were fundamentally integrated into technological solutions in this part of Peru in ancient times.