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 ...

Join Jahannah James on a journey through the British Museum, where artifacts from Egypt, Greece, and Mesopotamia reveal the ...

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 ...

A breakthrough study claims to have solved the centuries-old mystery of why the Indus Valley civilisation fell. The findings ...

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

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

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 ...

Globalization, migration, climate change and war—nation states are currently under huge pressure on many fronts.

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 ...