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The Indus Valley civilization, located in present-day Pakistan and India, went through four periods of intense drought, which ...

Long drought cycles reshaped settlement choices in the Indus region. These climate stresses likely contributed to its slow ...

An immense Bronze Age settlement has emerged from the Kazakh Steppe, revealing a surprisingly urban and industrial society ...

Calakmul remained relatively undisturbed until gum harvesters in Mexico led an American botanist to them in 1931. Here’s what ...

Ancient Indus Valley Civilization's decline was driven by prolonged droughts, not sudden catastrophe. New climate studies ...

Centuries-old Marathi stories reveal that India’s savannas have existed much longer than commonly believed, challenging assumptions that they are degraded former forests.

The findings indicate that successive major droughts were crucial in the disintegration of urban centers like Harappa.