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

Roman Year ” recounts the strange, affecting period spent in Rome following his family’s flight from their Alexandria, Egypt, ...

The mikveh is used for a ritualistic cleansing bath by Jews, and was likely built in the Middle Ages, officials said.

The story of an ancient razed city destroyed by the Romans over 2,000 years ago, left deserted for 170 years as its people ...

A joint team of Egyptian and German archaeologists were cleaning a well inside the ancient tomb of Djefai-Hapi in Asyut when they made the exciting discovery, Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and ...

Autumn is here, though cooler weather has yet to arrive. Residents in the Houston area can still take part in pumpkin patches, haunted houses and fall festivals. Here are some of the top events ...

The ancient city of Polonnaruwa is as vast and huge as it is impressive and so, try as I might, I haven’t been able to fit all of the photos into one blog post. After our visit to the UNESCO World ...

Archaeologists in Morocco have discovered the remains of a 5,000-year-old farming society, the oldest site of its kind ever discovered in Africa outside the Nile Valley. Thousands of stone ax ...

The smaller geoglyphs were along ancient winding trails likely made throughout the desert by Nazca people viewing the symbols in small groups, according to the study. The bigger Nazca symbols were ...

“The fossil pollen, spores, and wood presented in this study paint a much different picture of the ancient environment, providing direct evidence of the presence of cool, wet forests.

A bench of Justice BR Gavai, Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra, and Justice KV Viswanathan also directed them to outline steps for the restoration and repair of the ancient gates in the city of Datia ...

The Phaistos disk from circa 1700 B.C. The signs were not engraved using a stylus but rather pressed onto the wet clay using molds or seals in a kind of ancient typesetting. One of the great ...