The Indus Valley Civilization was one of the great urban civilizations of the ancient world, building sophisticated cities, ...

The Rosetta Stone allowed 19th century scholars to translate symbols left by an ancient civilization and thus decipher the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphics. But the symbols found on many other ...

Four-thousand years ago, an urban civilization lived and traded on what is now the border between Pakistan and India. During the past century, thousands of artifacts bearing hieroglyphics left by this ...

Pakistan is embracing the Indus Valley Civilisation as part of its national identity in a big way. It's a notable shift for a ...

A mysterious script could help solve the mysteries of one of humanity's oldest civilizations. The Indus River Valley civilization site is as important to archaeologists as ancient Mesopotamia and ...

Figure 1. 'Unicorn' stamp seal and modern impression. Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access/Public domain In my previous post, I discussed the Indian subcontinent's first civilization and ...

Cave stalagmite in Himalayas offers most detailed explanation for what led to decline of ancient Indus civilization, study says. Photo from Jed Owen via Unsplash Four thousand years ago, the sprawling ...

In past articles, I’ve discussed the development of agriculture and civilization in South Asia, which originated in the Indus Valley region. However, much of the history of the Indus Valley ...