New research reveals that the 4,000-year-old city of Mohenjo-daro defied the 'rules' of history by becoming more equal as it became more successful.

The strategic and spiritual resonance of the Strait of Hormuz is deeply woven into Iran’s identity. It represents a profound ...

For decades, historians have generally agreed that the progress of small villages as they evolved into cities came at the ...

THE name of Kiepert is in itself a sufficient guarantee of the thoroughness and accuracy of a book on geography. That writer, in his “Lehrbuch der Alten Geographie”—from which the present work is ...

Rivers have defined civilization since before countries were even a thing. Religions, trading paths, urban centers, mythology ...

Harar, one of the most ancient and spiritually celebrated cities in the Horn of Africa, lies approximately 517 kilometers east of Addis Ababa and about 280 ...

In Cappadocia, every sunrise, valley and stone-carved horizon tells a layered story of nature, history, art and flavor shaped ...

Study of Eastern Ghats rocks in Andhra Pradesh finds matching geological history with East Antarctica, confirming India and ...

The future of Israel will not be determined only by where its borders are drawn but by whether the nation remembers what made ...

In a vitally timely book, author asks whether citizens can come together in a ‘collective identity for Europe’ ...

Taken together, Anga, Banga, and Kalinga formed a connected eastern system. Anga gave the region its inland Gangetic depth; ...

As ancient cities grew, so did inequality. To build great civilizations, people need to concentrate power – and power, almost ...