Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

An exploration of some of the oldest temples in the world, shedding light on the lives of ancient civilizations and their ...

Archaeologists in Oman uncovered a 4,000-year-old musical instrument, a pair of copper cymbals, in the ruins of an ancient building in Dahwa. The cymbals, likely used for ritual activities, offer a ...

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are ...

On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...

The latest work—led by the Archaeological Preservation and Registration sector of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Archaeology, the ...

Unprecedented wildfires ripping through South Korea’s southern regions have destroyed large parts of an ancient Buddhist temple complex, burning down two buildings that had been designated ...

ARTnews reports that a massive earthquake that struck parts of southeast Asia revealed the ruins of an ancient structure near ...

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

Dated to the mid-eighth century, the Temple of the Great Jaguar ... perched so close to the ruins as to share their name. Uaxactún, meaning ‘Eight Stones’, was bestowed on the ancient city by American ...

Archaeologists excavating an area near Ramesseum Temple found several ancient tombs with canopic ... and Antiquities Archaeologists excavating ruins in Dahwa, Oman, found a “rare” 4,000 ...