A new study argues the Indus Civilization may have been the most egalitarian society in the ancient world—but scholars are divided. A view of Mohenjo Daro's stupa, or dome-shaped monument. Scholars ...

The Amazon might not have been the untamed jungle we once thought. The world’s largest tropical rainforest was allegedly once ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Studying ancient African societies, like Great Zimbabwe, can reveal how communities dealt with disease and pandemics. Werner ...

How do we understand past societies? For centuries, our main sources of information have been pottery sherds, burial sites, and ancient texts. But the study of ancient DNA is changing what we know ...

A new exhibition in Budapest features 16 facial reconstructions based on skulls excavated from the ancient city of Aquincum.

For many years, researchers at MPI-EVA have been collecting and analyzing ancient DNA from humans who lived during the past tens of thousands of years. Analyzing these data has allowed the researchers ...

What can old bones teach us about adapting to climate change? More than you’d think. In a new paper published in the journal PNAS last week, 25 archaeologists and anthropologists analyzed thousands of ...

The mysteries of ancient civilizations have captivated humanity for millennia. From the towering pyramids of Egypt to the legendary battles of ancient Rome, these early societies continue to spark our ...

Dogs have been a part of human societies for thousands of years, and though they are more often than not a companion in modern times, they were highly valuable commodities in ancient days. That's ...

From Egypt to ancient Italy, "Treasures of the Pharaohs" at the de Young Museum and "The Etruscans" at the Legion of Honor ...