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

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.

Our understanding of ancient civilizations is constantly challenged by newly discovered ruins that defy mainstream historical and archaeological explanations. These fascinating remnants of the past ...

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

CLEVELAND, Ohio — When a total solar eclipse crosses Ohio next month, modern astronomers will use the world’s most sophisticated computers and telescopes to measure, track and record it. But ancient ...

Whether standing stones, nondescript mounds, or lines in the earth, ancient civilizations have left signs of their existence that must have held deep meaning for them that is now lost to time.

NATCHITOCHES, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A trail leading from near St. Louis, Missouri to Natchitoches, Louisiana, teaches us about a race that ruled “the new world” long before people from “the old world” ...

Roman, Egyptian, and Chinese civilizations had many different ingenious inventions. Chocolate was a big aphrodisiac for Mesoamerican civilizations and used for energy. The first earthquake detector is ...