We know what the oldest civilizations in the world are thanks to archaeology, but there are many others we are only just discovering. Throughout human history, forgotten civilizations that shaped ...

From the death cults of Egypt to the fearsome yet sophisticated society of the Vikings, the ancient world was a surprising and challenging place. Explore the in-depth sections below. The ancient ...

Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome. Today, scholars at the OI and across the University continue shaping the study of the early civilization through ...

The Maya is perhaps one of the most well-known lost civilizations in history, which spanned across modern-day Central America ... consisted of about five million people before vanishing around 3,000 ...