Cities are integral to our modern lives. Begin your tour by considering why wandering ancient humans left the forests and plains to create settlements. The fundamental question of “why” is just the ...

The ruins of a prehistoric skyscraper: New research is revealing how Cornish tin appears to have boosted a long-lost Bronze Age Mediterranean civilization. This ...

If you want to understand what makes great civilizations possible, consider a walk on Monte Testaccio in central Rome. This 115-foot hill is actually an artificial mound, made up of fragments of ...

Ancient philosophical thought is receiving renewed attention as scholars from five continents convene for the 2nd Global Forum on Mutual Learning among Civilizations, which opened on Wednesday with ...

As golden light touches both ancient steles and modern skylines, the 11th Nishan Forum on World Civilizations prepares to convene — where civilizations tune their instruments, where wisdom flows like ...