A sweeping exploration of how ancient civilizations—from Mesopotamia to Mesoamerica—interpreted comets and meteors as divine ...

Ancient Societies In Mexico And South Asia Were Democratic Long Before Europe Claimed To Invent It In A Nutshell A major new study found that collective, democratic-style governance arose ...

A new study has uncovered hidden social patterns in ancient Hebrew kingdoms by analyzing personal names from archaeological findings. Applying diversity statistics typically used in ecological studies ...

A new study by the University of York researchers suggests that ancient societies were often more democratic than previously thought. The research, led by Gary Feinman, the MacArthur Curator of ...

A new study on ancient societies from around the world is rewriting what we thought we knew about democracy. A team of researchers analyzed archaeological and historical evidence from 31 ancient ...

Could an Egyptian pharaoh or a Chinese emperor have used a stiff drink or two to build their kingdoms? While we don't know the particulars of ancient leaders' drunken deeds, there's no question that ...

Outgrowth of a symposium at the 72nd annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, held in Austin, Tex., April 2007, with additional contributions. Cf. pref. Theoretical and methodological ...