Archaeologists in Hungary have uncovered a 1,300-year-old warrior’s tomb containing one of only about 80 known Avar sabers, a ...

A stalagmite from a cave in Kurdistan has provided unprecedented detail on local climatic conditions from 18,000 to 7,500 ...

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.

A 4,000-year-old burial in Sudan’s Bayuda Desert reveals rare Kerma-era rituals, grave goods, and clues to a forgotten Nile ...

A new study shows how a long river drought triggered a metamorphosis of Harappan civilization, reshaping settlements as ...

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 ...

One of history's biggest questions is: "How does an entire civilization disappear?" One can comprehend how an object or even a city is lost, buried, or destroyed, but an entire group or nation of ...

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 ...

Ancient Indus Valley Civilization's decline was driven by prolonged droughts, not sudden catastrophe. New climate studies ...