If asked to list the most important civilisations of the ancient world, many people of the west would mention Greece, Rome and Egypt. After that, if pressed, some might hazard a guess at Mesopotamia, ...

Archaeologists have a discovered a strange abundance of teenagers’ remains at “one of the richest” ancient Mesopotamian grave sites, a puzzling discovery that sheds light on a five millennia old ...

Whenever a new discovery is made, it adds new pages of history. Here are some of the oldest civilisations of the world. Recently, the Archaeological Survey of India discovered an ancient stone tool ...

This volume contains a complete edition of sixteen Neo-Sumerian barley allotment rolls from the Umma region, twelve of which are currently kept in the Iraq National Museum, while the other four ...

AN ADVANCED civilisation that ruled large swathes of the Middle East 4,000 years ago may have been wiped out by a spot of bad weather. The Akkadian Empire flourished during the Bronze Age and new ...

The Indus Valley Civilisation, also known as the "Harappan Civilisation," is the oldest civilisation found in India. However, can you imagine another civilisation that existed before the Indus Valley ...