Tigris, and the Indus River (Pishon). “By examining a map from around 500 BC, it becomes apparent that the only four rivers emerging from the encircling Oceanus are the Nile, Tigris, Euphrates ...

More than 4,000 years ago, two Sumerian city-states – Lagash and Umma – were engaged in a fierce war over a strip of fertile land and a canal fed by the Tigris River in what today would be ...

Step aboard a luxurious river cruise through Vietnam and Cambodia on the Riches of the Mekong itinerary. This 7-night adventure reveals the cultural heart of Southeast Asia, cruising the legendary ...

Tigris, and the Indus River (Pishon). “By examining a map from around 500BC, it becomes apparent that the only four rivers emerging from the encircling Oceanus are the Nile, Tigris, Euphrates ...

Scores of Bodies Found in Tigris River; 19 Executed in Separate Killing Iraqi authorities pulled the bodies of more than 50 people believed to be Shiite hostages seized in the Madain region south ...

He wrote: “By examining a map from around 500 BC, it becomes apparent that the only four rivers emerging from the encircling Oceanus are the Nile, Tigris, Euphrates and Indus. “It cannot be ...

He wrote: "By examining a map from around 500 BC, it becomes apparent that the only four rivers emerging from the encircling Oceanus are the Nile, Tigris, Euphrates and Indus. "It cannot be ...

More than 20 earthquakes have hit central and southeast Asia in the last 24 hours, with one of the most powerful in 75 years in Myanmar.

In general, the Greek sources present a very different story of his reign, which saw the creation of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, a vast dominion stretching from Asia Minor to the Indus River ...

Nashville flooding map: Keep an eye on river levels and where it could flood Nashville weather updates: More than 60K without power after storms, tornado warnings Nashville area has already seen ...

Located on an escarpment of the Upper Tigris River Basin that is part of the so-called Fertile Crescent, the fortified city of Diyarbakır and the landscape around has been an important centre since ...