The hunt for the Garden of Eden has usually belonged to theologians and dreamers, not software coders. Yet a computer ...

So, he sank a trial trench into what the locals called Mohenjo Daro, “the Mound of the Dead Men”. Within days he pulled out square steatite seals bearing a horned figure seated in yoga posture and an ...

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

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

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

Geographer McDonald debuts with a sweeping reappraisal of the notion of historical progress. He examines frequently cited evidence of progress, including falling global poverty rates and increased ...

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 ...

Local bronze coins, imitation aurei and a silver bracelet found at Tell Abraq. Credit: Michele Degli Esposti / Open Access New archaeological research highlights Tell Abraq as a key point of ...

Cuneiform writing from Sumer. Credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons The world’s first urban civilization may have owed its rise not only to rivers but also ...

The story of how the first cities rose from southern Mesopotamia has long fascinated scientists and historians. Many explanations point to fertile soil, farming, and trade networks as the engines of ...