Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans contaminated the environment with lead early on in antiquity. Geoscientists conducted ...

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A recent archaeological discovery has revealed that an ancient pre-Columbian society in the Amazon region successfully ...

A smart water system created 1,500 years ago by an ancient Amazonian urban society turned swampy savanna into fertile farmland that produced corn all year round, a new study has found.

Archaeologists have uncovered a 650,000-square-foot underground city beneath Abarkuh, Iran, used for water management, cooling, and as a refuge from the heat.

A pre-Columbian society in the Amazon developed a sophisticated agricultural engineering system that allowed them to produce ...

Due to climate change and other factors, water levels are plummeting. Learn what could help and why it’s so important to ...

A pre-Columbian society in the Amazon developed a sophisticated agricultural engineering system that allowed them to produce maize throughout the ...

This research challenges assumptions about large-scale monoculture agriculture and how it was thought to be impossible in the ...

A new study published in Nature highlights how rural-urban interactions and improved city connections are transforming oasis ...

Here are 9 things to do in Chengdu, including visiting giant pandas and wandering through charming ancient streets.