A system of thousands of ridges and canals across a floodplain in southern Iraq has long been believed to be the remnant of a ...

A recent MIT-led study reveals that Roman concrete’s strength comes from volcanic ash, lime clasts, and hot mixing, giving it self-healing powers that modern cement lacks.

Two recently discovered ancient gold rings set with garnets reveal how Greek trends and customs became part of life in ...

We will visit Portico D’Ottavia, an ancient Roman temple site turned medieval fish market and now a fascinating glimpse into ancient architectural form and urban planning. Our time together ends in ...

In the 17th century, during the Spanish Empire, two Christian monuments were built with Roman marble that show the main signs of the city’s historical identity: the Obelisk of Santa Eulalia and the ...

When future historians come to write of our era, they will write of all the miracles but they will also discover another ...

There is a stunning country in Asia that travellers consider better to visit than Spain or Greece but there are a few things ...

Across the Levant in the 15th century B.C., cities were rising up against freshly-installed pharaoh Thutmose III. It would be ...

Experts from the IAA revealed that the ring depicts a naked figure wearing a helmet, holding a spear and shield. "Yair's identification of the figure as a warrior is very close to reality. The figure ...

The spring rises inside the ruins of a Roman temple in the Barada Valley and flows ... melted snow off the mountains along the border with Lebanon, but because of this year’s below-average ...

The spring rises inside the ruins of a Roman temple in the Barada Valley and flows toward Damascus ... from rainfall and melted snow off the mountains along the border with Lebanon, but because of ...