In Louisiana, hunter-gatherers of the Evans culture built Watson Brake, a massive complex of 11 mounds connected by ridges, ...

After eight years of research, experts have unearthed 18 structures so far, including residential homes and ceremonial temples. Experts believe the city—since named Peñico—was once a thriving urban ...

THE OLDEST LIVING CITY IN THE AMERICAS. THIS IS CUSCO, PERU, THE CAPITAL OF THE INCAN EMPIRE. IT’S ALIVE AND IT’S UP THERE AT 11,000FT. THE ELEVATION IS MORE THAN TWICE AS HIGH AS DENVER. BUT ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) R. Alexander Bentley, University of Tennessee (THE CONVERSATION) In my research ...

India’s history is undeniably ancient, with the Indus Valley Civilization, Vedic period, and later empires forming the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Carvings on a 12,000-year-old monument in Turkey appear to mark solar days and years, making it possibly the oldest solar calendar in ancient ...

According to the World Population Review, Iran is the oldest nation in the world based on the date of the earliest known evidence of an organized government. Determining a country's exact age is not ...

The burial was discovered in the remains of a building in an ancient fishing town. Peru Ministry of Culture Around 5,000 years ago, members of an ancient Peruvian Indigenous group buried an elite ...