Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of history's biggest questions is: "How does an entire civilization disappear?" One can comprehend how an object or even a ...

The Silurian Hypothesis asks whether signs of truly ancient past civilizations would even be recognisable today.

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome. Today, scholars at the OI and across the University ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. In recent years, archaeologists have turned to lasers in order to unearth previously hidden ancient ...

Archaeologists are uncovering toolkits and watercraft that do not sit neatly inside the familiar story of slow, linear progress from scattered foragers to settled farmers. Instead, these finds hint at ...