A series of severe, decades-long droughts ushered the end of the Indus Valley Civilization, one of the world's oldest ...

When we think of countries like Australia, Germany, or China today, their existence seems self-evident. However, historically ...

Peru's Ministry of Culture has confirmed a groundbreaking discovery that rewrites the history of ancient astronomy in the Americas. Archaeologists working at the Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex ...

The Minoan Road, over 3,500 years old, is the oldest known paved road in Europe. It connected prominent Minoan cities.

Carvings on a 12,000-year-old monument in Turkey appear to mark solar days and years, making it possibly the oldest solar calendar in ancient civilization. Marking a massive comet strike as the start, ...

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

Many of the oldest inhabited cities in Greece are still standing against all odds. They have survived to this day to tell the ...

Murujuga, also known by the modern name Burrup Peninsula, in northwestern Australia, is home to potentially the world’s ...

Native people have been occupying Arizona for thousands of years, but it wasn't until 1877 that Arizona's first city was incorporated.