Today, landscape archaeologists use drone photography and satellite ... Political upheaval over the past several decades has made studying the Fertile Crescent tricky, yet all the more urgent.

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 ...

Sheep have been part of human life for over 11,000 years. First domesticated in the western Fertile Crescent, their impact extends far beyond providing meat. Their wool transformed clothing ...