The domestication of wheat and barley in the Fertile Crescent marked a pivotal turning point in human history. This region, encompassing parts of mod ...

Food security—ensuring that African countries and the world have access to enough nutritious food—is a critical global issue.

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Miniature Wooden Granary Model Discovered in an Ancient Hidden Chamber Reveals Egyptians Consumed a Lot of Grains Food grains ...

At Mass MoCA, Ohan Breiding's "Belly of a Glacier" offers a poetic eulogy for the Rhone Glacier, blending personal memory, ...

What did ancient Greeks wear in the winter? A natural question as all statues of Greeks in antiquity depict them dressed in ...

so that we plant our crops at the right time. That way, we can take advantage of all the nutrients left behind by the floodwater. We even measure the level of the River Nile to see how much ...

We have some of the most efficient tools for making flour. And we use the River Nile to provide water for our crops. And you’re even using papyrus. Child: It’s paper actually. Ancient Egyptian ...

On the spreading veranda of the Grand Hotel, dapper officials gazed out over the heat-shimmering waters of the Blue Nile, sipped whiskies ... Across the river, in Khartoum’s sister city of ...

Ancient Egyptians planted and harvested based on the seasons, and the floods provided water and nutrient-rich sediments for crops, making the Nile River Valley one of the most fertile agricultural ...

The government’s role, as ordained by God, is to protect the people through an internal police force and a military to ...