For decades, a scattering of ruins in southeastern Europe was dismissed as little more than an unremarkable military outpost, ...

Step into the past with a journey to some of the world's most remarkable ancient cities. These destinations, ranging from the ...

The Mongol Empire was led by Genghis Khan, a conqueror who united the Mongolian tribes across Asia. Khan established a large, disciplined military infamous for its brutal and violent attacks as the ...

Remains of what may be the ancient capital city of the Kingdom of Lyncestis have been found in North Macedonia.

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

Archaeologists discovered an ancient city in North Macedonia that might be Lyncus, the capital of an ancient civilization.

Nick Angeloff, an archaeologist at Cal Poly Humboldt, has called the developments at Gradishte a once-in-a-lifetime discovery ...

The discovery shows the cultural interaction between the Maya of Tikal and Teotihuacan's elite between 300 and 500 A.D., ...

confirms the high degree of sophistication reached in the comprehensive education of young citizens in the ancient city of Akragas—the original name of Agrigento—founded around 580 BCE as the largest ...

I ventured forth into Mexico City. It is a bustling, vibrant, beautiful place, with streets lined with soaring palm trees and bright murals over cracked, ancient walls that burst with colour and ...

Faysal Bibi is a senior scientist at the Natural History Museum – Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, 10115 Berlin, Germany. Read the paper: Recurrent humid phases in ...

Tikal, an ancient city-state deep in the jungle of Guatemala, was once a powerful hub of the Maya civilization. During its peak, between 200 and 900 C.E., it was a major political, economic, and ...