The Indus Valley civilization, equal in power to Mesopotamia and Egypt, reigned between about 2500 B.C. and 1700 B.C. in what is now mainly Pakistan on the Indian subcontinent.

On being carbon-dated, it was found that these artifacts date to be nearly 9,500 years old, potentially predating the Indus Valley Civilization. As per reports by Indy100, ...

The treaty specifies how the waters of the Indus River basin — around which one of the world’s oldest civilizations, the Indus Valley civilization, flourished — will be used by the two ...

The timeless wisdom of Thirukkural is set to break new ground. The Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT) has commissioned its translation into four medium and minor Dravidian languages ...

The Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), one of the world's earliest urban cultures, thrived in the northwestern regions of South Asia around 3300 to 1300 BCE.

Skeletons buried near the ancient Maya city of Copán have revealed new clues about the collapse, but not total decimation, of the Maya civilization. A study of the genomes of seven people from ...

An international team of researchers sequenced the genomes of seven individuals who lived in the ancient Maya city of Copán, in present-day Honduras, during the Classic period (250–950 CE).The study, ...

Following India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), focus has once again turned to the long-stalled Tulbul Barrage Project, with renewed discussions on the possibility of resuming ...

The findings, based on 'recent radio-metric dates', suggest that the Iron Age in Tamil Nadu was contemporaneous with the Copper/Bronze Age of the Indus Valley Civilisation, about '5,300 years ago'.

Buried secrets from an ancient Maya city are rewriting history. A groundbreaking DNA study reveals what led to the ancient civilizations collapse 1,200 years ago.

Watch: Glacier collapse swallows part of Blatten. The Swiss village of Blatten has been partially destroyed after a huge chunk of glacier crashed down into the valley.

Costa Rica Scientists warn: collapse of iconic insect species threatens our future. An insect that plays a significant role in Costa Rica’s ecosystem appears to be dying out “at an alarming ...