But changing climate sand natural disasters remained a constant threat. Rare but intense rainfall caused tremendous flooding and threaten the clay buildings. So the march devised a sophisticated Drainage System to keep large water volumes under control. Under go. A complex network of clay conduits was installed for fresh Water And Sewage a technological innovation that reflects the Bronze Age peoples advanced way of life. Is surrounded by large cemeteries filled with thousands of graves. Most of them are simple chambers. But near a palace the excavators chanced upon some very special burial sites. Here the deceased were laid to rest in mortuary houses. Archeologists also found the skeletons of camels donkeys dogs and. Was it used for writing. Or cards are left as food for the afterlife. One thing is certain horses played an important role in. Just outside the modern capital of is the State Run Horse Breeding Farm housed in. Building. The fountain in itself is a monument with the oil ri
this week the government published its eagerly awaited levelling up white paper, setting out plans to reduce regional inequality. its aim is to revitalise communities in places like rhyl on the north east coast of wales but critics claim lessons aren t being learnt from previous efforts saying the focus should be on people rather than shiny new buildings . our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. we ve got the best seaside resort in wales, haven t we? we ve got a lovely community living here in rhyl. there s this sense of hopelessness amongst the people and you can see it in people s eyes. the ebb and flow of debate about rhyl can mask a simple consensus. the town needs improving. florist carol parr is fully aware of the town s reputation. not many people say a lot of good things about rhyl, which i can sort of understand based on crime, and there s a lot of trouble. but when she had to relocate her business three years ago, she chose rhyl high street,
hello, this is bbc news with me, maryam moshiri. the headlines: prince charles has led tributes to the queen, on the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne. he s congratulated her on what he described as a remarkable achievement . a former conservative leader has said it will be a very difficult task to win back the trust of voters following the anger over government lockdown parties. but iain duncan smith insisted borisjohnson was the right man to lead the tories into the next election. a lawyer says a man jailed for the murder of the schoolgirl, milly dowler, has admitted killing lin russell and her daughter, megan, in 1996. paul bacon says he s received a four page statement from levi bellfield, which includes details of how he claims to have carried out the attack in chillenden in kent. the chairman of tesco, john allan, has told the bbc the worst is yet to come on food prices for consumers. he also said it was wrong for the governor of the bank of englan
scotland. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. the prince of wales has led tributes to the queen on the day she becomes the first british monarch to reign for 70 years. a lawyer says a man jailed for the murder of milly dowler has admitted killing lin russell and her daughter, megan, in 1996. paul bacon says a statement from levi bellfield includes details of how he claims to have carried out the attack in kent. singing. india begins two days of mourning as one of the country s most famous singers lata mungeshker dies aged 92. now on bbc news it s time for click. this week, we re on the hunt for the parrot pirates. you ve missed a bit! how to spot when buildings go wrong. and the musicians taking on the streaming scrooge. here we go again! this week, lara is doing something unusual. she has left the city to join someone special on a walk. she is in the new forest national park with wildlife tv legend chris packham. what a beautiful scene. tell me about this area. well, we r
the bird fauna here is really important too we ve got a number of national rarities. you can hear the birds this isn t a sound i m used to living in the city! no, what we got? hold on. we ve got a bit of robin going. a blue tit. yeah, there s blue tits and great tits calling. i mean, it s a lovely, sunny, pre spring day. they re loving the sunshine and they re pumping out some song. but unfortunately, not all birds are left alone in their natural habitats, and wildlife trafficking, mainly perpetrated online, is having a major impact on the world s biodiversity crisis. carl miller has been looking at the problem. we ve had catastrophic declines of whole suites of bird communities. without large tracts of forest, they re silent they re silent forests, because the birds have been trapped out of these environments. so trapped out, in fact, that 40% of all bird populations in the world are now in decline. to find out a bit more, i came to london zoo, where some of these spec