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Recent archaeological discoveries have unveiled ruins believed to be part of a civilization dating back 20,000 years, ...

Discover the top 10 oldest civilizations in the world, including Sumerian, Egyptian, and Indus Valley. Explore their ...

Learn how the first civilization in Mesopotamia depended on tides and how it responded when faced with a major environmental ...

A newly published study challenges long-held assumptions about the origins of urban civilization in ancient Mesopotamia, ...

In ancient Turkey, a large Neolithic settlement known as Çatalhöyük arose and became the prototype for successful urban living...for a short while; however, by the time the civilization fell ...

Ancient civilizations were dropping technological bombshells long before Silicon Valley existed. Just this year, archaeologists in Turkey uncovered 2,400-year-old tablets containing unknown ...