By examining different materials buried along with the watercraft, experts could determine the age of the boat.

During this period, the population peaked, and the people ... Valley Civilization (aka the Harappan Civilization) was one of the civilizations that emerged in the region known as Mesopotamia.

Even though archaeological and scientific tools have discovered much about these ancient civilizations, including facts about their daily lives, religions, and habits, many "disappearances" remain ...

The unique ancient Greek board game Zatrikion discovered at the Knossos Palace shows that the ancients had a penchant for ...

The seafarer peoples of the past who mastered the oceans were crucial in laying the foundations upon which civilizations were ...

Archaeologists working at a long-buried city in northern Iraq have unearthed clues that could rewrite part of Mesopotamia’s hidden story. The site, Kurd Qaburstan, sits in the Erbil region and may ...

Around 5,000 years ago, members of an ancient Peruvian Indigenous group buried an elite member of their society: They wrapped ...

The woman—with skin, hair and nails still intact—belonged to the little-known Caral civilization, which flourished in Peru 5,000 years ago ...

The ancient ... civilization, must have been awe-inspiring. Built into a steep hillside in what is today central Türkiye, the city was ringed by tall brick walls. It was home to as many as 7,000 ...

It formed about a thousand years after Mesopotamia’s Sumer, at around the same time the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids. The Caral people predate the more-famous Olmec civilization ...

Ethiopian writer and translator based in Qatar. All praise is due to Allah, Subhānahu wa Ta‘ālā—Who molded His beloved ...