“Ancient Egyptians are famous for their pioneering and mastery of hydraulics through canals for irrigation purposes and barges to transport huge stones. This work opens a new line of ...

Ancient Egyptian person ... water away from cities and towards fields for farming. This was called basin irrigation. They also invented tools like the shaduf. A shaduf is a long pole with ...

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 ...

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

In the US, we use a lot of water. Gardener shares ancient irrigation method to reduce water bills: 'I need to try this' first ...

Water scarcity and increasing shortages are becoming more prevalent around the globe. At Mississippi State, our teams are developing better irrigation solutions that spur recycling of nutrient-rich ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ari Caramanica, Vanderbilt University (THE CONVERSATION) Seeing the north coast of ...