Solomon’s Pools date back to the second century BCE, and have become a source of recreation for nearby Bethlehem ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Ancient Maya kings may have already told us how to tackle our water ...

Major clues to the origins of our planet—and life itself—are locked inside some three billion-year-old volcanic rocks from Western Australia. These ancient rocks show that water was likely already ...

Long before municipal water treatment plants and chlorination, ancient societies faced the same essential challenge we encounter today: finding reliable sources of clean drinking water while keeping ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some of North America's groundwater is so old, it fell as rain before humans arrived here thousands of years ago. Maria Fuchs via ...

A system of ancient ceramic water pipes, the oldest ever unearthed in China, shows that neolithic people were capable of complex engineering feats without the need for a centralized state authority, ...

As global water resources become more strained, the insights gained from traditional agricultural systems could pave the way for the development of innovative, low-water-use agricultural practices to ...

The ruins of a 3,400-year-old lost city — complete with a palace and a sprawling fort — have been unearthed in Iraq after extreme drought severely depleted water levels in the country's largest ...

Ancient Maya in the once-bustling city of Tikal built sophisticated water filters using natural materials they imported from miles away, according to new research. A multidisciplinary team of ...