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 ...

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 ...

Scientists found a “large”-eyed creature lurking underground in an ancient Roman aqueduct in Spain and discovered a new species, a study said. Photos from Cifuentes, Enrique Peña Pérez and ...

President Joseph Aoun followed the progress of the third phase of Lebanon’s municipal and mukhtar elections from Rome on Sunday, expressing hope for strong voter turnout in Beirut and the Bekaa. “I ...

Said to be one of 108 temples built in a single day, the seventh-century Jambay Lhakhang Monastery in Bumthang is one of the oldest in Bhutan.

Roman society was, in many ways ... rare measure of protection and prestige to marginalized citizens. As far as ancient society goes, they were as inclusive as it gets. But that would be a ...

Titled “I Explored 2000 Year Old Ancient Temples,” the video documents a thrilling expedition through some of the Yucatán Peninsula’s most mystical sites, including Calakmul, Chichen Itza, and the ...