Mexico's government has a list of small towns (known as pueblos) it considers the most charming. Read on to learn about 12 ...

John’s River Cheapest European cities to fly to in 2025 Travel: I love Philadelphia, but I’d never taken a City Hall tour ... a famous — and very ancient — resident: “Lucy,” one ...

A groundbreaking study using advanced radar technology has revealed a vast and intricate underground structure beneath the Pyramids of Giza. Scientists Corrado Malanga from the University of Pisa and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this photo provided by Nicole Evatt, vendors sell everything from spices to handwoven baskets and live ...

So, we embarked on a whirlwind trip that would prove him right, an ambitious three-day sprint through remote sacred sites and bustling city streets ... famous — and very ancient — resident ...

Ancient city The ruins of Megiddo are now in a national park about 18 miles (30 kilometers) southeast of Haifa. Megiddo was a strategically important city at a crossroads on trade and military ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — I've worked for The Associated Press as a photographer since 1999. A lot of what I cover involves either Iran's government or its relations with the West, but I also try to ...

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 ...

One thing is certain: Cholula is more than just ... quietly abandoned and swallowed by the desert. Ancient texts offer no answers, leaving this once-thriving city shrouded in questions.

submerging much of the city. Historical records from the time describe a devastating natural disaster that also ravaged Alexandria, one of the greatest intellectual centers of the ancient world ...