Is this Central Asia's best-preserved medieval settlement? See Khiva in pictures

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

Hilltop ruins turn out to be 1,200-year-old city with ballcourt in Mexico. See it

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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Three Shipwrecks Discovered Off the Coast of Israel Shed New Light on the History of Iron Age Maritime Trade

An anchor, basket handles, jars and other artifacts were found among the cargoes at the three sites, the oldest of which ...
Archaeology

Inscriptions and Massive Walls Revealed in Ancient Anatolian City

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 uncover vast complex of ancient tombs in biblical city tied to St Paul's letter

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

Mursa's mass grave reveals diverse origins of Roman soldiers

Archaeologists in Croatia have discovered a rare mass grave inside ancient water wells at Mursa (modern-day Osijek), ...