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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Two archaeologists from the American heartland are embarking on an Amazonian adventure to uncover the remains of a lost civilization — proving that world-class research can emerge from the Ozarks just ...

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