Unique sediment core provides annual inside into ancient Nile River floods To access these ancient times, Blanchet and colleagues of the German Research Centre for Geosciences GFZ, together with ...

Half a century ago, one of the world's leading reinsurers published a paper on floods, referencing ancient diluvial stories such as the Mesopotamian epic of Gilgamesh, and urged better monitoring ...

The 2,000-year-old desert city created an adventurous backdrop for Indiana Jones, but today, drought, floods, and sandstorms imperil it. Ancient technology could be the key to surviving.

As a result, Almonacid de la Cuba avoided the consequences of the flooding, unlike many other settlements. The ancient Roman dam did not help other nearby towns in Spain. 'La Cuba' is the highest ...

New evidence suggests that the Nile's famous floods were much more extensive than ... west of the river and created "mega-lakes" in the ancient desert. A team of American and Egyptian researchers ...

Islamabad — Its millennia-old clay walls have borne silent witness to countless floods in the Indus River ... season could overwhelm Pakistan's ancient archaeological site of Mohenjo-daro.

Archaeologists excavated a muddy canal in the Netherlands and found ancient Roman artifacts and wood posts from after a flood, officials said. Photo from the Municipality of Utrecht Digging into ...