"The discovery opens up completely new interpretations and understandings." Researchers stunned by remnants of ancient ...

Successive major droughts, each lasting longer than 85 years, were likely a key factor in the eventual fall of the Indus ...

Climate data offers clues to what might have happened to people of the Indus River Valley and how that might relate to our own warming world.

While Mother Nature is undoubtedly a master artist, humanity has also sculpted its own breathtaking masterpieces across the ...

A 3,000-year-old gold mining operation uncovered in Egypt’s Sukari Mountains reveals hidden secrets about the ancient world.

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

From the Minoan royal road to the Ridgeway, ancient roads still exist today showing how past civilizations built networks ...

A 3,500-year-old clay tablet depicting the city of Nippur offers a glimpse into ancient cartography, challenging our ...

Athens and Sparta were two very different societies, yet the two legendary city-states hold priceless historic value for ...

Archaeologists have completed the first comprehensive technological mapping of an intricate underground tunnel system beneath the ancient Etruscan city of Veii, revealing a sophisticated network of ...

A series of about 5,200 holes stretching nearly a mile (1.5 kilometers) across the Pisco Valley in the southern Peruvian Andes has baffled researchers for nearly a century. But a fresh look at the ...