Centuries of excavations have unearthed a few theories about what really brought down one of the oldest cities in the ancient ...

An ancient city now lies submerged beneath Alexandria’s eastern harbor, on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. The rising sea levels ...

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Across the world, some ancient places are not just ruins but are living, breathing spaces filled with people, rituals, and ...

Archaeologists uncover early urban design in Taxila, offering new insights into how it contrasts with ancient Greek town planning.

Founded, furnished and eventually forgotten – this has been the fate of many cities since ancient times. A few names have stayed alive in legend and literature while others disappeared completely – ...

The exhibit allows people to walk through recently destroyed ancient Arab sites. The Temple of Baalshamin -- destroyed in 2015 by the Islamic State -- has been restored inside a Washington gallery. At ...

The roughly 11,000 inscriptions preserved by Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E. offer a glimpse into everyday life in the ...

The Kunguints site in the Upano Valley is similar in size to the Giza Plateau and was home to at least 10,000 farmers around 2,000 years ago - Antoine Dorison/Stephen Rostain Scientists have ...

Today’s cities are a continuation of what’s been learned thousands of years ago. Ancient cities presented opportunities that modern cities have copied. Everything from government and administrative ...