Mastodawn

Adornment wasn’t decoration.
It was architecture worn on skin.

Shared adornment grammar.

#Archaeology #IndusValley #MaterialCulture

New Gini analysis of Mohenjo-daro shows the Indus city grew more equal as it matured. Inequality fell steadily for four centuries. The likely mechanism: collective governance. #IndusValley #Archaeology #Inequality @Antiquity https://www.anthropology.net/p/inequality-fell-as-mohenjo-daro-grew

Inequality Fell as Mohenjo-daro Grew

New Gini analysis of Bronze Age house sizes shows the Indus city became more egalitarian over four centuries, not less

Anthropology.net

PugJesus Mar 29

Doing business in a city of the Bronze Age Indus Valley

Silver Arrows Jan 22

My hot take: #autism was the dominant neurotype in #MohenjoDaro.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WmeyjkMYqeE

I was born a few millennia too late :(

#history #AncientHistory #IndusValley

The Indus Valley (Harappan) Civilization | The Most Mysterious Ancient Civilization

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Unescostamps Dec 17

https://unescowhstamps.blogspot.com
Mohenjo Daro, Pakistan – UNESCO World Heritage Site
#UNESCO #PatrimonioMundial #WorldHeritage #Welterbe #Philately #Filatelia #Sellos #Stamps #Timbres #Philatelie #Briefmarken #UNESCOWorldHeritage #MohenjoDaro #Moenjodaro #Harappa #Indus #IndusValley

PugJesus Dec 15

lol. lmao, even

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1571790/lol-lmao-even

Denise Gutzmer Dec 2

Severe and Persistent River Droughts Led to Collapse of Indus Valley Civilization

Severe and persistent river droughts, each lasting longer than 85 years, affected the Indus basin between 4,400 and 3,400 years ago, according to new research. The findings may help explain why this ancient civilization slowly declined, and highlights how environmental factors could shape ancient societies.

#drought #IndusValley

https://www.sci.news/archaeology/severe-persistent-river-droughts-collapse-indus-valley-civilization-14391.html

Study: Severe and Persistent River Droughts Led to Collapse of Indus Valley Civilization | Sci.News

Severe and persistent river droughts, each lasting longer than 85 years, affected the Indus basin between 4,400 and 3,400 years ago, according to new research.

Sci.News: Breaking Science News

Anthropology.net Nov 30, 2025

New climate modeling shows the Harappan world shifted not through sudden collapse but centuries of recurring drought. A story of resilience, adaptation, and the limits of river civilizations. #Archaeology #Paleoclimate #IndusValley #Anthropology https://www.anthropology.net/p/when-rivers-faded-climate-whiplash

When Rivers Faded: Climate Whiplash and the Long Slow Transformation of the Harappan World

New paleoclimate modeling suggests that centuries of shifting drought cycles reshaped one of humanity's earliest urban experiments.

Anthropology.net

Knowledge Zone Nov 28, 2025

#KnowledgeByte: The #Indus #Script is a corpus of symbols produced by the #IndusValley #Civilization.

Most inscriptions containing these symbols are extremely short, making it difficult to understand.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/Indus-Valley-Scripts-60c5af47a3a140f1d4412592

World History Encyclopedia Sep 29, 2025

Colonial and post-colonial panoramic surveys of Indian history have often been self-serving narratives. #History #Mesopotamia #India #Buddhism #IndusValley #SouthAsia #HistoryFact https://whe.to/ci/8-533-en/

India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent

General readers would find this elegantly written work stimulating, while college and university faculty would welcome this as a much-needed textbook for their...