There are many ancient cities, but not all of them have been continuously inhabited ever since the first settlements. Several ...

Archaeologists on Thursday unveiled a 3,500-year-old city in Peru that likely served as a trading hub linking Pacific coast ...

Ruins of the Palaspata temple complex from the millennia-old Tiwanaku civilization are unraveling some mysteries about the ...

Researchers used AI to decode a Babylonian text lost for 1,000 years, revealing new details about life and culture in ancient ...

Cave of El Castillo, Spain Some of the oldest known paintings in the world are in the Cave of the Castle, in Cantabria in the north of Spain. Thought to be more than 40,000 years old, many of the ...

In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...

A medieval manuscript, believed to be the oldest Jewish book in the world, is now on view in New York City. The Afghan Liturgical Quire, which dates to approximately the year 700 CE, is on display ...

Cologne, one of Germany’s oldest major cities, was founded as a Roman colony in 38 BC and later named Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium after being elevated to the status of a Roman city in AD 50.

Oldest city in the country named friendliest travel destination in the US — offering historic charm and ‘pristine’ beaches By David Landsel Published Feb. 8, 2025, 6:41 p.m. ET ...

The oldest piece of identified clothing — sandals found in southern Oregon — are older than the volcanic eruption, some 7,700 years ago, that created Crater Lake. And you can see them, behind ...

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.