Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

Think Gujarat is all about Gir lions, and garba nights? Think again! Beyond the touristy trails lies a secret side of the ...

India’s ancient history is like an immense ocean—deep, layered, and full of secrets waiting to be discovered. While many are familiar with the grandeur of the Indus Valley Civilization, fewer know ...

Over the years, Rakhaldas Banerji worked on several important projects, including the excavation of the Indus Valley ...

According to Israeli Minister of Heritage, Amichai Eliyahu, “The seal that little Ziv found during a family trip to Tel Azekah connects us to a grand story, that of the ancient civilizations that ...

Located just 82 feet below sea level off the north east coast of Taiwan, the Yonaguni monument continues to divide over the true cause of its origins nearly 40 years after its discovery.

Could this be the work of an ancient civilization we've never heard of? The structure, believed by some to be more than 10,000 years old, would make it older than Stonehenge, older than the ...

An estimated 15,000+ priceless artifacts, chronicling millennia of Mesopotamian civilization, were stolen, smashed, or lost. While dedicated efforts over the years have led to the recovery of ...

Starting around 2000 b.c., the vast Indus Valley civilization ... the Indus Valley or the cylindrical ones used in Mesopotamia, Dilmun’s seals were circular. Archaeologists on Failaka Island ...

Sumerian civilization appears to have evolved in Southern Mesopotamia around 4000 BC ... Moreover, they invented the cylinder seal, a personal identification seal for citizens. Sumerian Uruk is ...

In fact, it was such a significant civilization that people who study ancient Egyptian history have a special name: Egyptologists. Keep reading to learn all about why ancient Egypt was so influential.