Once a crucial caravan stop on the Silk Road, Khiva is one of Central Asia’s best-preserved medieval settlements. The Uzbek ...

Locals called it the “Corral de Piedra” or the “Ciudad Antigua,” the set of abandoned structures dotting a hillside in Guerrero, Mexico. The ruins were overgrown, yes, though not exactly hidden. Even ...

According to a Hürriyet Daily News report, six inscriptions written in Aramaic have been discovered at Zernaki Tepe, the site of a 3,000-year-old walled city in eastern Turkey's Van Province. Murat ...

Archaeologists in Turkey discovered over 60 ancient tombs in Colossae, the biblical city mentioned in St. Paul's famous New ...

Senior banker Dr. Nimal Rathnayake tells The Sunday Island how Sri Lanka’s currency evolved from ancient Kahapanas to ...

The juxtaposition of these two triangles — one ancient and serene, the other modern and volatile — forms the heart of the ...

From golden plains where ancient stone cities rise to mossy fjords carved by millennia of ice, 2025 has unveiled a world rich in texture--think Zimbabwe's thunderous gorges, Lithuania's midsummer ...

Archaeologists working at the site of the ancient Turkish city Attouda have uncovered a ritual site dedicated to the Phrygian mother goddess, Matar. The site, complete with a cave and a “twin rock ...

India carries an ancient lineage of tradition that has long shaped the very conception and crafting of its cities. Vastu Shastra is one such tradition, more a science than a belief, intimately woven ...

China really does feel like its own, unique world. I've meandered through the neon-lit streets of Shanghai, marveling at all of the food, lights, and high-rise glamor, as well as the sheer amount of ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 3,300-year-old whistle made from a cow's toe bone, believed to have been used by police to guard royal tomb workers. The artifact was found in the ruins of ...

The sun hangs heavy over central Iraq in late afternoon, painting the ruins of Babylon in heat and light. Dust rises from the ground in soft clouds, carrying a faint scent that seems older than time ...