A thirty-year scientific partnership between archaeologists and the Kuikuro people, in the Xingu Indigenous Territory in Mato ...

Archaeologists have long known that complex societies can rise, flourish and then disappear so completely that only scattered ...

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.

Long drought cycles reshaped settlement choices in the Indus region. These climate stresses likely contributed to its slow ...

Researchers have uncovered extensive pre-Hispanic settlements hidden beneath the waters and vegetation of Bolivia's Great Tectonic Lakes. Using advanced LiDAR technology and collaborative fieldwork ...

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 ...

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These murals come from new settlements that rose after the city of Caral, a major urban center in the Supe Valley, could no ...

A new book argues that societies built on centralized wealth and power contain the seeds of their own destruction.

Explore 10 amazing Stone Age facts highlighting early human tools, lifestyles, survival skills, discoveries, and innovations ...

Tencent, China's leading game company, saw its overseas revenue rise to more than 20 billion yuan ($2.8 billion) for the ...

Humans are expected to go through a big shift in how they think and feel, blending science with spiritual ideas. The future ...