Mesopotamia, situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is recognized as the earliest cradle of civilization due to ...

The Indus Valley civilization, located in present-day Pakistan and India, went through four periods of intense drought, which ...

Archaeological study at Tell Abraq uncovers long-distance trade links and foreign influence from Mesopotamia, Iran, and ...

The world’s first known lock-and-key system, dating back to 4000 BCE in Mesopotamia, shows how ancient people protected their ...

A new scientific study suggests that the sudden collapse of the ancient Indus River Valley civilization, known for its ...

Buried beneath the waters of Quintana Roo, Mexico lies a discovery that breaks the historical timeline wide open — a 12,500-year-old ochre mine carved into limestone by organized hands. These weren’t ...

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

A new book argues that civilizations built on centralized wealth and power contain the seeds of their own destruction.

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

Have you ever wondered what it felt like to walk through the bustling markets of ancient Rome or stand beneath the towering pyramids of Egypt? These eight carefully selected books offer something ...

Chogha Zanbil was first spotted from a surveillance airplane in 1935. The excavated complex was discovered to be one of the few ziggurats built outside Mesopotamia. The ruins of the ancient Elamite ...

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 ...