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3 days ago · In the Zana Valley of the Andes Mountains in Peru, archaeologists have found remains of three irrigation canals radiocarbon-dated from the 4th millennium BCE, the 3rd millennium BCE and the 9th century CE. These canals provide the earliest record of irrigation in the New World.
3 days ago · Akkadian (/ ə ˈ k eɪ d i ən /; Akkadian: 𒀝𒅗𒁺𒌑, romanized: Akkadû) is an extinct East Semitic language that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia (Akkad, Assyria, Isin, Larsa, Babylonia and perhaps Dilmun) from the third millennium BC until its gradual replacement in common use by Old Aramaic among Assyrians and Babylonians from the ...
1 day ago · A short-lived monarchical state known as the Principality of Albania (1914–1925) was succeeded by an even shorter-lived first Albanian Republic (1925-1928). Another monarchy, the Kingdom of Albania (1928–1939), replaced the republic. The country endured occupation by Italy just prior to World War II (1939–1945).
4 days ago · The first settlements in Akrotiri date from the Late Neolithic Age, or at least from the 4th millennium BC. During the Early Bronze Age (3rd millennium BC), there was a settlement in Akrotiri. In the Middle and Early Late Bronze Age, the settlement expanded and became one of the most important urban centers and ports in the Aegean.
3 days ago · 1. ‘Kondonskaya Nefertiti’. 4th–3rd millennium BC. Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography SB RAS. An elegant clay figurine is an artifact of the primitive art of the Lower Amur region.
4 days ago · As the excavations show, people lived in Delos from the 3rd millennium BC (traces of circular calves were found on the top of Mount Kynthos). In the Mycenaean period, and especially in the period 1580-1200 BC, Delos had a settlement on the plain near the port. Later, as in the rest of the Cyclades, the Ionians settled there.
3 days ago · TEL AVIV, Israel — Norway, Ireland and Spain said Wednesday they would recognize a Palestinian state, a historic but largely symbolic move that further deepens Israel’s isolation more than seven months into its grinding war against Hamas in Gaza. Israel denounced the decisions and recalled its ambassadors to the three countries.
