The Indus Valley (or Harappa) civilization dates to 5000 years ago—and is one of the most mysterious in the ancient world.

Change is unavoidable and has happened in the past as well. One significant example is the transition from the Dhrupad to the ...

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The names Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were given to the cities in later times. We do not know what the Indus people called their cities, because nobody has been able to translate their ancient language.

Most prehistoric Europeans had dark skin, hair and eyes well into the Iron Age, about 3,000 years ago, new research finds. Scientists found that the genes that cause lighter skin, hair and eyes ...

The tomb was found within an ancient Egyptian necropolis in Abydos. The burial is located about 23 feet (7 meters) underground and contains a limestone burial chamber covered with mudbrick vaults ...

Using all the tools available to the historical detective—from DNA to climate science, oral survivals, ancient manuscripts ... the lost cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro in today's Pakistan ...

The first genomic study of ancient people from the eastern Maghreb region — present-day Tunisia and northeastern Algeria — shows that Stone Age populations who lived there more than 8,000 ...