Archaeologists Unearth a Centuries-Old Fortified City Which Belonged to a Civilization That Developed Writing A researcher ...

Argos, one of Greece's oldest continuously inhabited cities, is located on the Peloponnese peninsula. Varanasi, on the sacred Ganges River, is one of the oldest cities in the world.

The hottest pepper in the world is often considered to be the Carolina Reaper, with a Scoville rating of 2,000,000 ...

500–323 BC) This is the most well-known period in the history of ancient Greece. It is marked by the rise of city-states such as Athens ...

Clay tablets at Kurd Qaburstan reveal ancient Mesopotamian culture Artefacts hint at urban life in the Middle Bronze Age city Findings challenge perceptions of ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent The Derveni Papyrus, named for the ...

Under the city of Cuzco, Peru, a secret labyrinth built by the Incas has been discovered. Irene Wright McClatchy News High in the Andes mountains of Peru, the city of Cuzco once served as the ...

"We're studying this ancient city to learn very specific things about the ancient inhabitants," she says. "First, to what degree did they plan their environment, or was it just the result of an ...

Mosaic inscriptions reveal faith and practice of early Christians. A church floor was discovered in Israel in 2004 in the ancient city of Megiddo. It was found a few miles down the road from Tel ...

Archaeologists uncovered a trove of treasures from a tomb dating back to the Ptolemaic era 305 to 30 BCE in the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus, which belonged to an individual named Wen Nefer. The trove ...

Forty years on, Journalist Qasa Alom travels to the now democratic country to explore the ancient city of Butrint. The first site in Albania to be added to the UNESCO World Heritage list.