Jericho’s walls came tumbling down, and their ruins are the major tourist venue in this West Bank city established perhaps 11,000 years ago, among the oldest inhabited sites in the world.

In the ancient city of Gordion in Turkey, archaeologists have unearthed an 8th-century B.C.E. tomb with possible ties to King ...

Byblos is one of the oldest continually-inhabited cities in the world. It’s thought that it was first settled sometime between 8800 BC and 7000 BC, and has been continually inhabited since 5000 BC.

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 ...

From the millennia-old metropolises of the Middle East to ancient South American settlements, the world is dotted with cities that tell the story of civilisation itself. Pinning down a definitive list ...

The oldest continuously occupied settlement in the US has just been named the friendliest, or "most welcoming" destination for travelers in the country in a sweeping new survey.

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.

Established by Spanish colonists all the way back in 1565, St. Augustine, Florida, has been called the oldest city in America. Well, sort of. Technically, the ranking comes with some qualifiers ...

Tomiko Itooka, the oldest person in the world, has died at 116. She was born in Osaka, Japan, in 1908 and is survived by one son, one daughter and five grandchildren.

Byblos, one of the world’s oldest cities, was founded between 8800 and 7000 BCE. It gained recognition as a significant Phoenician commerce centre, especially for the shipment of cedar wood to ...