Archaeologists have long known that complex societies can rise, flourish and then disappear so completely that only scattered ...

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

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

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

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

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

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an ancient religious practice in northern Israel in addition to a wine press dating back roughly 5,000 years — one of the oldest ever uncovered in the ...

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