Mesopotamia, situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is recognized as the earliest cradle of civilization due to ...

The Indus Valley civilization, located in present-day Pakistan and India, went through four periods of intense drought, which ...

The world’s first known lock-and-key system, dating back to 4000 BCE in Mesopotamia, shows how ancient people protected their ...

A Study Gallery of India and the Ancient World, trains its lens to the duration between the Harappan civilisation — which ...

Buried beneath the waters of Quintana Roo, Mexico lies a discovery that breaks the historical timeline wide open — a 12,500-year-old ochre mine carved into limestone by organized hands. These weren’t ...

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 ...

Throughout history, there have been numerous cities that have been washed away due to natural disasters or changing landscapes. And although these cities do not exist it anymore, they've nonetheless ...

"We left our homes in 2011. There were no signs of life left in the city because of the daily shelling," recounted Tony ...

A new scientific study suggests that the sudden collapse of the ancient Indus River Valley civilization, known for its ...

Mumbai: Trump may have recently lowered duties on Indian spices but centuries before US tariffs, Roman-occupied England taxed ...

New climate research suggests centuries-long river droughts weakened one of the world’s earliest urban societies — and offers a warning for a warming world today.

A new book argues that civilizations built on centralized wealth and power contain the seeds of their own destruction.