civilization

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Coerte Voorhees had tapped Kilmer, who died of pneumonia last year after years of battling throat cancer, for "As Deep as the Grave," about the pioneering archaeologist Ann Morris, a co-discoverer of the Anasazi civilization.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

The Inca civilization, based high in the Andes, built the largest Indigenous empire in the Americas before European arrival.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

It is the return of a recurring but never-banished nightmare about one civilization attacking another, driven by blind hatred.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

That’s when the group attempted its perilous journey back to civilization, in a blinding blizzard beneath towering, avalanche-prone slopes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

Cloaking his savagery under the banner of civilization, Hale portrayed himself as an American pioneer who had helped forge a nation out of the raw wilderness.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann