“Great civilizations are not murdered. Instead, they take their own lives.” The great historian Arnold Toynbee concluded this ...

Long before modern skyscrapers and crowded highways existed, the world’s earliest cities began forming around rivers, trade routes, and fertile farmland. These settlements changed human history by ...

Using the latest in archaeology, anthropology and genetics, this series tells the story of where the modern world began. Incorporating studies of artifacts, renowned sites of archaeological interest ...