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The Rumkale fortress ruins sit on the banks of the Euphrates River in Turkey. (Carole Raddato via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0)
Scientists May Have Discovered the Origins of the Euphrates River, Which Helped Nurture Some of the Earliest Known Civilizations
The famous waterway began as two rivers, a new study suggests. Tectonic activity around five million years ago probably made them change course and merge, helping to birth the Fertile Crescent
Margherita Bassi
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