The Indus Valley Civilization, now referred to as the Sindhu-Saraswati civilization by Indian historians, peaked between 5,000 and 3,500 years ago across modern-day northwest India and Pakistan. Their ...

The royal symbol on the newly discovered figurines solves a long-standing mystery by identifying who was buried in the sarcophagus.

A treasure trove of 225 funerary figurines have been discovered inside a tomb in the ancient Egyptian capital of Tanis in the ...

IGN's Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Guide contains locations for all 50 Ancient Relics -- a collectible tied to the Riddles of the Ancients quests. All three open-zone locations in the game ...

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

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

The findings indicate that successive major droughts were crucial in the disintegration of urban centers like Harappa. , ...

For over 2,300 years, researchers and historians are trying to locate the Alexander the Great Tomb, one of the world's ...

Archaeologists have long known that complex societies can unravel with startling speed, but a growing body of evidence ...

A groundbreaking discovery in Sudan’s Bayuda Desert has unearthed a forgotten African kingdom.

The arrival of modern humans in Australia around 60,000 years ago has long been shrouded in mystery and debate. Recent ...