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 ...

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.

When we think of exhibits of ancient civilizations, our minds inevitably turn to ancient Mesopotamians, Egyptians, Greeks or Romans. While these associations are understandable, they reflect a ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The narrative of civilization’s rise and fall is often illustrated with grand achievements and epic downfalls, but one of the most understated ...

The chance rediscovery of the ancient Chinese Sanxingdui civilization is legendary in and of itself. In 1929, an unsuspecting ...

In this inaugural episode of Ancient Civilizations, we explore the Garden of Eden with several scholars who have peered past the accepted tales to reveal a forgotten history of the birth of humanity.