Some remarkably advanced human civilizations existed long before us, and we're only beginning to understand them today.

Winter is the perfect time for a road trip from Ahmedabad to Kutch, and the route to Dholavira, known as the "Road to Heaven," is one of the most rewarding jour ...

Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city, is opening a new subway system, blending ancient archaeological treasures with ...

What appears to be evidence of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history is etched onto finger-length, clay cylinders ...

Using drones and Google Earth imagery, archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old network of earthen canals in what’s ...

On the eve of the rise of the Maya civilization, people living in what’s now Belize turned a whole wetland into a giant network of fish traps big enough to feed thousands of people.

The early writing appears to date to around 2400 B.C.—preceding the previous most bygone examples by roughly 500 years.

Clay objects roughly the size of fingers were discovered during a dig at the ancient city of Umm el-Marra. The engraved symbols may be part of the earliest known alphabet. Credit: Glenn Schwartz ...

The modern city of Luxor, known in the ancient world as Thebes, has one of the largest concentrations of ancient monuments in ...

My heart is breaking. My soul is aching,” an archaeologist said, as Israel’s bombardment threatens or destroys Roman amphitheaters, crusaders’ citadels and centuries-old souks.

Thonis-Heracleion was once a bustling city at the mouth of the River Nile, serving as Egypt’s primary port for international ...