Nora doesn’t have the name recognition—or crowds—of Pompeii. But the well-preserved coastal settlement offers travelers a ...

Millions visit the vast and remarkably preserved ancient city of Ephesus each year, stepping back through the centuries to ...

A rock shelter discovered in the southern Sinai Desert contains designs and inscriptions spanning a period of 10,000 years, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has announced in two ...

The city of Naucratis was the earliest ancient Greek colony in Egypt that served as the connecting and trading post between ...

Archaeologists in Trabzon, Turkey, have made an extraordinary discovery, unearthing one of the world’s only three known ancient river ports. The structure, found buried nearly eight meters (26 feet) ...

Researchers have identified what may be the earliest known metal drill from ancient Egypt—and it was hidden in plain sight.

Until now, historians knew of Tamil traders reaching Egyptian ports such as Berenike along the Red Sea. However, these newly ...

Archaeologists in Southern Iraq have identified the site of ancient Alexandria, a large port city founded by Alexander the ...

Advanced imaging technology has revealed 79 new pieces of graffiti on a wall in the city's theater district. Until now, these inscriptions had been too faint for the human eye to see ...

At Sacsayhuaman in Peru, massive megalithic walls show clear signs of extreme destruction that appear older than Inca ...

Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried ...

Including a Tang Dynasty (618-907) official's epitaph discovered at an administrative organ established by the Central Plains ...