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 ...

Jake Paul needs to see this XD Who else thinks this remix is better than the original official music video? Tried my best to ...

While yoga studios and turmeric lattes may now dot urban cityscapes, Ayurveda — India’s ancient science of life — remains a ...

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

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

A new study shows how a long river drought triggered a metamorphosis of Harappan civilization, reshaping settlements as ...

The Fertile Crescent, a boomerang-shaped region spanning modern-day Middle Eastern countries, is considered the cradle of civilization and where farming first emerged. But little is known about how ...

Long drought cycles reshaped settlement choices in the Indus region. These climate stresses likely contributed to its slow ...

The famed “Band of Holes” known as Monte Sierpe in the Andes of Peru have puzzled scientists for a century. New research suggests the holes were the site of an ancient marketplace. The Inca rulers may ...

For a long time, archaeologists believed that large buildings required large bosses. The idea was simple: only societies with strong hierarchies (kings, priests, and planners) could organize massive ...