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

Flat-topped skulls have previously been unearthed in and around territory associated with the Mayans, who never established a ...

There's something about ancient civilizations that fascinates us even thousands of years later. Their architecture, ...

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.

A series of century-scale droughts may have quietly reshaped one of the world’s earliest urban civilizations. New climate ...

Amongst the most enduring mythical creatures, which were present in so many ancient cultures, are the dragons. Appearing frequently in folklore and tales from China in the east to Europe in the west, ...

Archeologists beam lasers from the sky to unearth ancient settlements hiding in plain sight. Lidar uses laser pulses to penetrate dense vegetation, revealing human-built structures underneath. The ...

The discovery of the settlements over the years has led to a new understanding of the Asia Minor and Anatolia regions.

Throughout history, numerous ancient technologies have left researchers and historians pondering the true capabilities of early civilizations. Were they more advanced than we give them credit for? By ...

Roman, Egyptian, and Chinese civilizations had many different ingenious inventions. Chocolate was a big aphrodisiac for Mesoamerican civilizations and used for energy. The first earthquake detector is ...

Successive major droughts, each lasting longer than 85 years, were likely a key factor in the eventual fall of the Indus Valley Civilization, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & ...

INDIANA, USA — What a sight it must have been in ancient times to see a total solar or lunar eclipse. Over the centuries, astronomers were able to predict days of when eclipses would happen, and now ...