Have you ever wondered what it felt like to walk through the bustling markets of ancient Rome or stand beneath the towering ...

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

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.

International team reconstructed region’s ancient climate using paleoclimate evidence from caves, lakes and climate models - ...

A list for history lovers, curious minds and anyone fascinated by lost empires, ancient power and the stories that still ...

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 ...

A series of severe, decades-long droughts ushered the end of the Indus Valley Civilization, one of the world's oldest ...

TEHRAN - The South Korean ambassador to Iran has said his recent personal visit to southeastern Iran, including a tour of the ...

Wall St. Insights The empire of Alexander the Great ruled from Egypt to India. The countries of that region still show some Greek influence in their art, architecture, languages, and other cultural ...

Hotter temperatures and a series of droughts in what is now Pakistan and India fragmented one of the world’s major early civilisations, providing a "warning shot" for today ...

With the help of newly identified bones, an enigmatic 3.4-million-year-old hominin foot found in 2009, is assigned to a ...

A newly surveyed Bronze Age city shows unexpected urban planning and bronze production in the steppe. Archaeologists have ...