Ancient Indus Civilization Slideshows

26 slideshows by scholars of the ancient Indus Civilization (3500-1700 BCE). Explore the sites, seals, jewelry, figurines and other artifacts from Indus times through photographs and descriptions by the experts who unearth and study them.
Tour the ancient Indus Civilization with one of its foremost scholars and recent excavators, Jonathan Mark Kenoyer. Stunning slides from Harappa and Mohenjo-...
The Latest Discoveries at Harappa 1995-1998 include the earliest Indus writing, a 133 bead pot, 16 tablets, and more. By Richard H. Meadow and Jonathan Mark...
Mohenjo Daro, or "Mound of the Dead" is an ancient Indus Valley Civilization city that flourished between 2600 and 1900 BCE. The site was discovered in the...
On September 20th, 1924 Sir John Marshall published his story A FORGOTTEN AGE REVEALED in The Illustrated London News that announced the discovery of the...
New! I made a visit to the National Gallery of Pakistan in Karachi – one of the finest ancient Indus collections in the world – in February 2024, five years...
Cutting the first trench, Mound AB, Harappa, January 1921 "It was, however, not till the winter of 1920-21 that the excavation of the site was begun by Rai...
A visit to discoveries from Mundigak, a little-known Bronze Age and earlier [c. 4500-2000 BCE] site in southern Afghanistan. The objects are now at the Guimet...
Gola Dhoro, also known as the village of Bagasra on the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat was recently discovered by a group of Indian archaeologists. This tiny mound...
Terracotta Figurines from Harappa in 72 slides. A look at the many types of female, male and other figurines and what they may tell us of Indus people. By...
The Circular Platforms and so-called Granary at Harappa, two puzzling structures. By Richard H. Meadow and Jonathan Mark Kenoyer.
A hitherto unknown box of 63 images in Sir Mortimer Wheeler's personal collection from excavations he led at Mohenjo-daro in 1950. With new captions by...
Archaeologist William Belcher looks at fish and fishing practices on the Ravi River today and relates them to what we know about osteology in ancient Indus...
Photographs from Sir John Marshall's classic book Mohenjo-daro and the Indus Civilization (1931) covering the very first excavations at this ancient Indus...
The Early City on Mound E, a Bead and Tablet Workshop and the City Walls on Mound E. By Jonathan Mark Kenoyer and Richard H. Meadow.
The mounds of ancient Harappa, 200 kilometers south of Lahore, today. Includes the so-called granary (Mound F), workingmen's platforms, large drains (Mound AB...
This set features views of Mohenjo-daro from the past. The first set of Kodachrome slides by Munir Khan from 1962 include the Great Bath, the Stupa Mound, and...
A slideshow on Lothal - an ancient Indus site in Gujarat on the Gulf of Combay where trade once flourished with other ancient civilizations including the...
A walk through the ancient Indus city of Dholavira in Gujarat, India with Sagar Bhanderi, Sunil Shehbag and others.
New light on the recently named Ravi Phase (3300-2800 BCE), the Kot Diji Phase (2800-2600 BCE), and the Harappa Phase (2600-1800 BCE). By Richard H. Meadow and...
Slideshow on the excavations in Balochistan resulted in new evidence from surrounding and earlier cultures to the ancient Indus tradition. By Ute Franke-Vogt.
Slideshow on the Rohri Flint mines used by the ancient Indus Valley peoples to excavate and gather natural resources and raw materials for use and trade....
"The (Harappan) animal seals are among the world's greatest examples of an artist's ability to embody the essentials of a given form in artistic shape." (B....

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