More dramatically, the principle caused men to conceive of some sort of federation of the world, first in the League ... from the advantages of modern civilization. Just as the government has ...

The place is called Gobekli Tepe, and Schmidt, a German archaeologist who has been working here more than a decade, is convinced it's the site of the world's oldest ... "This is the first human ...

Religion and art—the hallmarks of civilization—flourished ... faith that surrounded Göbekli Tepe and may have been the world's first truly large religious grouping. Naturally, some of ...

George Steinmetz Outlines of a Civilization Emerge ... urban center in the Americas and among the most ancient in all the world. Research developed by Peruvian archaeologist Ruth Shady Solís ...

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ... scholars to unravel the mysteries of cuneiform—the world’s oldest writing system. First ...