2024 — Researchers have explored how the River Nile evolved over the past 11,500 years and how changes in its geography could have helped shape the fortunes of ancient Egyptian civilization.
These ancient civilizations dominated the world and shaped how we do things in modernity. Plus, you can visit the ruins of several of them today. Learn all about these lost civilizations submerged ...
A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome. Today, scholars at the OI and across the University ...
For ancient Egyptians, dance was a huge part of daily life For ancient Egyptians, dance was a huge part of daily life This ancient script has remained unsolved for over a century This ancient ...
The logo-syllabic writing style is one of the earliest in civilized history, and translations of the ancient Babylonian tablets are essentially windows into the civilization’s commerce ...