Here, we explore six notable civilizations that have collapsed, shedding light on some of the causes behind their demise and some interesting parallels relative to today. Ancient civilizations that ...

The year 476 AD is often described as the moment the Roman Empire fell. But what actually happened? Romulus Augustus was deposed by Odoacer, a Germanic general serving within the Roman system. The ...

There’s a saying that, when Rome falls, the whole world will fall. Which frankly seems a little melodramatic and egotistical ...

Chincha, in southern Peru, is one of several river valleys along the desert coast fed by Andean highland waters, which have long been key to irrigation agriculture. About 25 kilometers out to sea are ...

Josh Widdicombe’s Museum of Pop Culture Saturdays and Wednesdays, all platforms Alongside the chart-topping Parenting Hell ...

This series chronicles the lives of Rome's greatest gladiators - from Spartacus's defiant rebellion to Flamma's ultimate sacrifice in the arena. Their stories reveal the brutal rise and fall of ...

The initial mistake was embracing the anti-nationalist philosophy that Soviet communism had implanted. It metastasized in the West even after Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher defeated the source, ...

Ancient Rome didn’t abandon its gods overnight. The rise of Christianity was a slow transformation of the cult-based religious order that had structured Roman life for centuries ...

Long thought to have been abandoned after 410 AD, Roman villas like Chedworth were believed to mark the end of a lavish Roman lifestyle in Britain. But new radiocarbon dating of a finely crafted ...

HISTORY repeated in the fall of empire after empire — and looks set to do so with America’s global dominance. And the ...

This ancient queen of Palmyra conquered Egypt, captured Roman provinces, and nearly transformed her realm into an empire ...

Scientists define the stages of life in biological, societal, and chronological terms—but none of them quite capture what ...