New research suggests that explanations based only on climate may not fully account for the major decline of the lowland population in Central America and calls for a reassessment of those assumptions ...

The Indus Valley Civilization was one of the most sophisticated societies of the ancient world, with planned cities, advanced ...

The Four Heavens: A New History of the Ancient Maya David Stuart Princeton Univ. Press (2026) Before the 1970s, ancient Maya history was impenetrable. The civilization’s grand ceremonial buildings and ...

Few things grip the human imagination quite like a civilization that was once great - building cities, writing laws, trading ...

A philosophical fantasy series examines whether intelligence and pacifism can withstand rising threats in a world on ...

For years, Western streets and campuses have echoed with the slogan “Free Palestine.” To many supporters, it sounds like a ...

Unless we find a way to overcome anti-science, humankind will face its gravest threat yet --- the collapse of civilization as we know it… There is a ...

Maya culture never really collapsed. It simply adapted to changing circumstances, writes Dr. Pablo Mumary.

Jean-Luc Picard was surely one of the wisest men in the history of Star Trek. Remarkably, that’s likely because he was more true to the ideals of the Federation than the Federation itself, even within ...

As I see it, the United States is becoming an extinct volcano, like other civilizations that went extinct and were never heard from again. Think ancient Egypt or Greece. This extinction is happening ...