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4,000-Year-Old Water System Discovered in China Reveals Sophisticated Urban Planning in the Xia Dynasty
A 4,000-year-old water system discovered in central China is offering one of the clearest pieces of evidence yet that the Xia Dynasty was not a loosely organized early society, but rather a highly coordinated and engineered state with the capacity to design and control its environment on a large scale. Unearthed at the Wangchenggang site…
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Çayönü, Türkiye: The 10,000-Year-Old Village That Sparked Civilization
Imagine a world before writing, before cities, even before farming. Humanity is still roaming, dependent on hunting and gathering. And then—somewhere in southeastern Türkiye, a small settlement begins to form. A quiet revolution is taking place, one that will shape the future of our species. Welcome to Çayönü, one of the world’s earliest known villages.…