Archaeologists in Hungary have uncovered a 1,300-year-old warrior’s tomb containing one of only about 80 known Avar sabers, a ...

The Fertile Crescent, a boomerang-shaped region spanning modern-day Middle Eastern countries, is considered the cradle of ...

Archaeologists have long suspected that climate can make or break a civilization, but the emerging picture of past ...

“Echoes of the Andes” opened at the library this July in collaboration with the Andean Cultural Center of Rhode Island and ...

A 4,000-year-old burial in Sudan’s Bayuda Desert reveals rare Kerma-era rituals, grave goods, and clues to a forgotten Nile ...

One of history's biggest questions is: "How does an entire civilization disappear?" One can comprehend how an object or even a city is lost, buried, or destroyed, but an entire group or nation of ...

In the quest to understand why agriculture started in a particular place and time, understanding the climate is crucial.

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

Ancient Indus Valley Civilization's decline was driven by prolonged droughts, not sudden catastrophe. New climate studies ...