Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

(The city-state of Ur emerged as an important center of commerce and Sumerian culture circa 2700 ... such as that of the great flood, that may have inspired stories that appear in the Old Testament.

Whether created by ancient Egyptian scribes, medieval monks, or Mayan priests, these 26 remarkable survivors have endured ...

Stone tablets survive from Mesopotamia bearing laws written in Sumerian around 2100 B.C. Magna ... Runnymede is on a flood plain. Had it been built, the pillar would have probably sunk into ...

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. (WCHS) — Many cities in our region rest along rivers, making floodgates and flood walls important to prevent flooding. This weekend Point Pleasant is testing one of its ...

Minor flood levels have been reached in Pembroke, Lake Coulonge and Britannia, and should be reached in Mattawa and Chats Lake on Thursday. “Levels may reach or exceed the major flood level in ...

The most recent 60-foot crest was during the flood of 2018 when the river crested at 60.53 feet. The river will be slow to fall back within its banks. At Cincinnati the river drops to minor flood ...