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.
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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... |
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.
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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... |
Kodachrome slides from 1962 include the Great Bath, the Stupa Mound, and the narrow deserted streets of this four-and-a-half thousand year old city in Larkana... |
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.... |