New Evidence Pushes the Origins of Indus Settlements to the 7th Millennium
A new article published in Nature argues that Bhirrana is one of the earliest Harappan sites in India and dates back to the 7th millennium BCE based on radiocarbon dating.
News about ancient Indus excavations and discoveries.
DNA of First Farmers Shows Diversity
Lots if interesting stuff here, including "It had been widely assumed that these first farmers were from a single, genetically homogeneous population."
The Release of Mohenjo Daro
Will the movie Mohenjo Daro open the floodgates of popular interest in the ancient Indus civilization? What do you think?
Twenty-one years into running Harappa.com, the release of Mohenjo Daro is a landmark for interest in the subject (traffic in the last few days has doubled to five thousand people a day).
Ancient Chinese Floods Around 1900 BCE
An interesting story in light of all the speculation about water issues at the same time, roughly 1900 BCE, in the ancient Indus valley. There was possibly a trading relationship with ancient China. Water, too little or too much, must have been a factor in the rise and fall of Bronze Age civilizations.
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