A visitor views exhibits during the exhibition "On Top of the World Tree: Ancient Civilizations of the Americas" in Shanghai, ...

Ancient Civilizations of the Americas," which is set to be the world's largest showcase of ancient American civilizations, ...

Hailed as the world's largest and most comprehensive presentation of ancient American civilizations, the exhibition showcases nearly 3,000 artifacts from Mexico and Peru. [Photo by Gao ...

Meteorological tsunamis likely sank the 13th-century trading vessels, whose cargo included objects from both Christian ...

In a world searching for new foundations, Greece and China show how ancient civilizations can help construct a more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of history's biggest questions is: "How does an entire civilization disappear?" One can comprehend how an object or even a ...

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 ...

Despite its relative proximity to the Pacific Ocean, South America’s Atacama Desert is so arid that scientists use it to simulate conditions on Mars. Yet a thousand years ago, farmers grew crops there ...