The city became a centre for education, and in 980 AD the philosopher-scientist Ibn Sina was born in Balkh, as was the poet Ferdowsi. Its reputation as a place of learning persisted, judging by ...

Centuries-old shards of pottery mingle with spent ammunition rounds on a wind-swept mountainside in northern Afghanistan where French archaeologists believe they have found a vast ancient city.

A trip around the northern province of Balkh is like an odyssey through the centuries, spanning the ancient Persian empire, the conquests of Alexander the Great and the arrival of Islam.

Driving across the wide-open plains of northern Afghanistan, my guide stopped to point out the crumbling mud walls of the ancient city of Balkh, a once thriving outpost on the fabled Silk Road ...

The pillaging of the ancient city of Balkh has started again. Since the fall of the Taliban, scores of Afghans have grabbed shovels and picks and fanned out across the city's historic ruins in ...

The Real Adventurer’s Guide to the Ancient City of Petra Visitor numbers to the iconic ruins of Petra, in the Jordanian desert, have dropped by half in the last five years.

For days, Northern Alliance leaders had been warning that trouble was brewing in Balkh, the capital of the Bactria empire and, according to legend, birthplace of the ancient philosopher Zoroaster.

Balkh province in northern Afghanistan is home to some of the most significant historical sites in the world - its ancient city was even known as the mother of all cities. More than a decade after ...

According to the Balkh Department of Information and Culture, the province is home to around 60 ancient monuments and historical sites, most of which are located in Mazar-i-Sharif city and the ...

Zabihullah Aryae, Balkh Information and Cultural Affairs Director, said they tried to begin the reconstruction of ancient buildings in Balkh with the government's development budget and the ...

A beautiful pilgrimage city where whirling dervish worship was born, central Turkey’s Konya is a destination of historic and natural treasures.