The discovery of the settlements over the years has led to a new understanding of the Asia Minor and Anatolia regions.

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

The chance rediscovery of the ancient Chinese Sanxingdui civilization is legendary in and of itself. In 1929, an unsuspecting peasant in Sichuan province stumbled upon a cache of jade relics while ...

Successive major droughts, each lasting longer than 85 years, were likely a key factor in the eventual fall of the Indus ...

Archaeologists in Hungary have uncovered a 1,300-year-old warrior’s tomb containing one of only about 80 known Avar sabers, a ...

By Karen Taylor The famed silk roads, which connected ancient China to the rest of the world, were not so named until many ...

Could Earth’s crust hide a thriving civilization untouched by war, disaster or time? The legend of Agartha has fascinated mystics, explorers and conspiracy‑hunters for centuries. In this video we map ...

Ancient Indus Valley Civilization's decline was driven by prolonged droughts, not sudden catastrophe. New climate studies ...

The Fertile Crescent, a boomerang-shaped region spanning modern-day Middle Eastern countries, is considered the cradle of civilization and where farming first emerged. But little is known about how ...

Long drought cycles reshaped settlement choices in the Indus region. These climate stresses likely contributed to its slow ...

Shimao ruins, an important prehistoric site located in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province Photo: Courtesy of National ...