Using an easy to follow progressive timeline from early beginning to more modern day, students will follow the emerging development and ultimate sophistication of these most notable civilizations.

A study shows that these whistles have a disturbing effect on the human brain. The Aztecs may have deliberately used this effect in ... Egyptians Drank Hallucinogenic Cocktails in Ancient Rituals ...

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 ...

and the pyramids of the ancient Mayan civilization, which flourished within the rain forests of Central America. Incan and Mayan Worlds from the Sky views these sites from the air to vividly show ...

near the German border Sonja Anderson In the 1850s, cuneiform was just a series of baffling scratches on clay, waiting to spill the secrets of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia ...