Criterion (iv): Technological innovations in resource management, agriculture and manufacturing of brick and iron at the Pyu Ancient Cities created the preconditions leading to significant advances in ...

It is defined by former imperial palaces and gardens, imperial sacrificial buildings, ancient city management facilities, ceremonial and public buildings and Central Axis roads remains. The Axis bears ...

Flourishing between 3300 BCE and 1300 BCE, the Indus Valley Civilization was a marvel of ancient urban planning and societal organization. Spread across present-day India and Pakistan, its major ...

En Esur is an astounding feat of urban planning, complete with flood-proof roadways and massive silos for food storage.

The researchers found striking quantitative similarities between ancient and modern cities when it came to how elite wealth ...