challenging our understanding of ancient civilizations and their connection to the cosmos. The discovery of a stone disk etched with enigmatic engravings resembling a celestial map opens a portal ...

This map depicts the geographical span of the Indus Valley Civilization (IVC), showing ... where a minority of buried individuals yielded ancient DNA matched that of the Rakhigarhi individuals.

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 ...