In the 3rd century BC, the far eastern Seleucid provinces tore free, and a Greek ruled kingdom in Bactria became one of the richest states on Earth, thriving on the trade routes between Greece, India, ...

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. For ...

This is the third volume of Getzel Cohen's important work on the Hellenistic settlements in the ancient world. Through the conquests of Alexander the Great, his successors and others, Greek and ...

CHESHM-E-SHAFA, AFGHANISTAN — Centuries-old shards of pottery mingle with spent ammunition rounds on a wind-swept mountainside in northern Afghanistan where French archaeologists believe they have ...

A radiocarbon study reveals that the Darband Wall in Uzbekistan was built in the 3rd century BCE—half a century earlier than previously believed—and suggests a crucial strategic shift centuries later ...

The Tentative Lists of States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to facilitate ...