Baalbek, Koh Ker and Ciudad Perdida, this three-part journey takes us through Phoenician temples, Khmer capitals, and a ...

Napoleon is relatively unusual in western history for aligning himself with the brutal Hannibal – not Hannibal’s Roman enemy, ...

A version of this story was published in 2016; it has been updated for 2024. This article was originally published on mentalfloss.com as 15 Ancient Cities You Can Still Visit.

The lectures provide an invaluable look at the design and architecture of ancient cities, as well as a flesh-and-blood glimpse into the daily lives of ordinary people and the worlds they created ...

The cities were between 6,600 to 7,300 feet above sea level, close to the height of Peru's Machu Picchu. "This is the land of nomads, the land of pastoralists.

Drone Tech Makes ‘Game-Changing’ Discovery of Hidden Ancient Cities Above the Silk Road The high-altitude sites include one of the largest ancient settlements ever found in the region.

The ancient Phoenician shipwreck dates back to the 7th century B.C.E. It was discovered in 1994 off the coast of Murcia in southeastern Spain, near the town of Mazarrón, according to Spain's ...

New perspective on the spread of Phoenician culture The new study aimed to use ancient DNA to characterize Punic people's ancestry and look for genetic links between them and Levantine Phoenicians ...

An ancient Middle Eastern civilization that developed an early alphabet spread its culture far and wide—but not its DNA, finds a 23 April Nature study of hundreds of ancient human genomes.