UFOs: Number of UFOs spotted in Bolton, new civilization?  The Bolton News

Vermont Conversation: Garrett Graff on UFOs, conspiracy theories, and the fate of civilization  VTDigger

OOPS! China Claims ‘World’s Largest Telescope’ Picked Up Signals Of Alien Civilization; Deletes Report After It Goes Viral  EurAsian Times

Perhaps the earliest true civilization remains largely mysterious, thanks to the intractability of its writing. Scholars aren’t even agreed upon what the Indus Valley civilization symbols were for, report Qaseem Saeed and Ruth Schuster. But what is known about the people of Mohenjo Daro is fascinating and well-covered in this article. It’s not even established […]

Clyde Winters isn’t sure about the answer to that question, but shows us some of the suspect mountains. There’s also a History video that manages to cram most of the Ancient Aliens speculators into a short time space, and a longer Beyond Science offering about the Piri Reis map that was both fun and worthwhile. […]

In an article that reads part romantic travelogue, part archaeological/historical tour, and part commentary upon modern mistakes, Andrew Fedorov takes us to the site of an ill-known civilization whose secrets are in severe danger. The only thing missing is a good map orientating the reader. Paul Seaburn makes a point about the universality of head-binding […]

With the application of powerful new technologies, the study of earlier humans may never have been more exciting. New genetic studies support the idea that the people of modern India are indeed the descendants of the ancient Harappan civilization. They also suggest that the beginnings of agriculture in South Asia were independent from that of […]

A hieroglyphic inscription found in an ancient Maya city now reveals kingdoms making up this civilization waged extraordinarily destructive warfare much earlier than previously thought, a new study finds.These findings may shed light on what may or may not have brought about the end of the Maya empire, researchers said.The ancient Maya civilization encompassed an […]