At the world's center sits the Euphrates River and the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon. Labels written in cuneiform, an ancient text, note each location on the map, according to The British ...

The Imago Mundi, the oldest known world map, offers a rare glimpse ... it was uncovered in Sippar, an ancient city north of ...

Researchers have discovered an extensive and remarkably well-preserved system of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu ...

remained untouched for centuries due to a shift in the Euphrates river’s course in the first millennium BC. This left the area dry and uninhabited in modern times, preserving the ancient ...