The biggest puzzle of all is what caused the apparently peaceful and well-organised Indus civilisation to collapse over the ...

Human figures in 'Stone Hills,' where the Bible's Abraham settled, attest to the start of human settlements 11,000 years ago: ...

Mesopotamia, situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is recognized as the earliest cradle of civilization due to ...

The Assyrian business community also had the first businesswomen and female investors. Generous tax breaks were given to ...

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.

Continued archaeological exploration at Tell Abraq in modern-day United Arab Emirates uncovered a history of cultural trade ...

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 ...