The Indus Valley civilization, one of the largest and most populous ancient civilizations, potentially fell due in part to climate change. The Indus civilization developed 5,600 years ago and, ...

The Most Ingenious Inventions of Ancient Civilizations. Vladimir1984 / Shutterstock.com. David Beren. Published: October 14, 2024 7:30 pm. 24/7 Wall St. Insights.

Through the dusty and Indiana Jones-traversed annals of ancient history, there are a great number of incredible civilizations that can now share the spotlight with their later SPQR peers. Here, yours ...

We all think we know the story of India’s history, right? The Indus Valley Civilization, the Vedic texts, the Maurya Empire—these are the classic benchmarks. These are the things you learned in school ...

For 50 years, NOVA has taken viewers on adventures through time and around the world, exploring the rich histories of ancient civilizations. In the last decade, we’ve visited the Ancient Maya ...

Spanish officials have unveiled the "Treasure of Tomares" exhibit, a collection of 50,000 Ancient Roman coins. The collection is on display at Spain's National Archaeological Museum.

A pedestrian's discovery of stones helped archaeologists uncover an Ancient Roman building near a Swiss highway. The site was previously excavated in the 1860's, but forgotten.

Not all ancient cities get abandoned though. Rome, for example, has been continuously occupied since 753 BCE, and yet the remains of ancient Rome are often buried deep down.

How Ancient Civilizations Reacted to Eclipses Communities may have thought the celestial events were messages from the gods, a reason to abandon a settlement or a cue to end a war.

Feltman: No, and I mean, I can definitely imagine—you know, obviously it’s very evocative to talk about ancient history, but I can definitely imagine researchers trying to use, you know, some ...

Archaeologists Found a Mind-Blowing Cluster of Ancient Lost Civilizations. Lasers revealed the network of cities that had disappeared for centuries. By Darren Orf Updated: Jan 26, 2024 3:26 PM EST.

For instance, the ancient Egyptian document called the Brooklyn Papyrus, dating back to around 660-330 B.C. but likely a copy of a much older document, lists different kinds of snake known at the ...