When people think of ancient civilizations in South Asia, the Harappans often come to mind. But what if signs of human life ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of history's biggest questions is: "How does an entire civilization disappear?" One can comprehend how an object or even a ...

Whether it's the sacking of Babylon or the fall of the Roman Empire, we often assume the downfall of ancient civilizations comes down to one thing: war. Historians had assumed the same about another ...

Scholars studying ancient sites in Asia Minor have exposed a powerful culture from the Late Bronze Age. In what is now western Turkey, the team found 483 archaeological settlements that would have ...

Confucius (circa 551–479 B.C.E.) was a teacher, philosopher, and political theorist from ancient China. His teachings have influenced much of East Asia and continue to provide us with guidance on how ...

Archaeology sometimes raises more questions than it answers. How do you explain a city that bustled with activity one day only to be buried under feet of silt the next? Or walls that collapsed in an ...

Across parts of the Middle East and Central Asia, more than 7,000 mysterious stone towers dot the landscape. Who built them—and why—remains a puzzle. In this episode, we explore what archaeologists ...

Pakistan’s government this week organized a “Gandhara Symposium” in an effort to create an environment that welcomes Buddhist tourists, boosts tourism and diversifies Pakistan’s identity. Buddhist ...

Stone tool analysis of sites in Southeast Asia provided evidence that the area was a technological leader in seafaring. Archaeology supports that, 40,000 years ago, the people living in Southeast Asia ...

A researcher developed a mathematical method that shows climate change likely caused the rise and fall of an ancient civilization. A new article outlines the technique he developed and shows how ...

A Rochester Institute of Technology researcher developed a mathematical method that shows climate change likely caused the rise and fall of an ancient civilization. In an article recently featured in ...