For many tourists, the visit to the ancient city in southwest Jordan ends here. But Petra has much more to offer, including more than 600 stone facades and an intriguing list of clues about its ...

Archaeologists discovered an ancient underground city beneath Abarkuh, Iran, where residents in Iran escaped above-ground heat. In the subterranean settlement, they found an aqueduct to transport ...

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Long ago, in the realms of myth and legend, lay the ancient city of Dwarka, which was no ordinary city, but a place of divine origin, that is believed to have been created by Lord Krishna himself.

Some 2,000 years ago, these structures stood in the ancient city of Teos—a thriving metropolis across the sea from Athens. Founded around the tenth century B.C.E., Teos grew into a populous ...

Finds in the region have long hinted at a once-thriving settlement, with the latest discovery of a funerary complex promising to unpack more of the city’s ancient secrets. Archaeologists turned ...