The Maya of Tikal used a water delivery system of old quarries and waterproofed reservoirs, canals, and sluices that held collected rainwater during the wet season and distributed it during Guatemala’s four-month-long dry season. “The people were able to use their land and water resources in a sustainable manner for as long as 1,500 years without […]

The 1,800-year-old tomb of a general and his wife has been excavated in Xiangyang, China. The general is thought to have served under Cao Cao and his son, Cao Pi, during the beginning of the Three Kingdoms period. The two bodies had been placed in wooden coffins, and set within the multi-roomed tomb, along with […]