Historians and anthropologists often refer to the Euphrates River Basin as the "cradle of civilization" because this river valley was the perfect location for people to gather and develop ...

McCarron’s new book, The Wounded Tigris: A River Journey through the Cradle of Civilization, is the sobering yet often funny and poignant account of their journey. The book is a celebration of Iraq’s ...

These wild sheep grazed an area called the Fertile Crescent, which is also called the “the cradle of civilization.” It is a crescent-shaped area of land in Western Asia and North Africa.

But is it the brilliant ancient relics assembles here that people come to see, in what is sometimes called the “cradle of Chinese civilization.” While digging a well in 1974, farmers from ...

'Den of Thieves 2: Pantera' Is Good but Lacks What Made the Original Great. While a solid heist movie, ...

It is home to Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, and Serengeti National Park, as well as Olduvai Gorge, a rich archaeological site often called “the cradle of civilization.” However, Tanzania ...

AP The researchers found that levels of lead contamination remained fairly low and localized in ancient Greece, considered the cradle of European civilization, throughout the Bronze Age ...

Italy is the cradle of western civilization: seat of the Roman Empire and the Catholic Church, the cultural center and economic powerhouse of the Mediterranean for nearly two millennia. And because of ...