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

He begins with a chapter on “The Earth in Space and Time,” and 200 pages later delves into Mesopotamian civilization.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 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

He was marooned on an island, nowhere near civilization, as far as he could tell; and if he was going to get off, it must be by his own devices.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig