History is filled with powerful empires that seemed invincible until they weren't. Between roughly 1250 and 1150 BCE, major ...

The culprit behind the mysterious disappearance of one of the most advanced urban civilizations at the time, contemporaries ...

A new study uses genome analysis to show the decline, not erasure, of the ancient Maya civilization. Researchers compared the genomes of seven skeletons to previously sequenced sets from across ...

Western civilization arose in Greece in the 8th century BC, when some 1,500 city-states emerged from a murky, illiterate ...

Nuclear explosions release nitrogen oxides that can severely damage the ozone layer. Some models suggest up to a 50% ...

A series of century-scale droughts may have quietly reshaped one of the world’s earliest urban civilizations. New climate ...

The collapse of civilizations : 1177 BC -- Of arms and the man : the fifteenth century BC -- An (Aegean) affair to remember : the fourteenth century BC -- Fighting for gods and country : the ...

A new study reveals how ships guided ancient civilizations through crisis, helping regions trade, defend, and endure the ...