In the town of Khulm, near the epicenter, people dug through the rubble of collapsed mud brick homes with shovels and picked ...

Olive groves, reeds, and ancient walls frame a setting that is simultaneously serene and powerful, hinting at the lives and ...

Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited for many firsts in human history, including writing, urbanism and the state. Among these ...

Centred Smart Cities,” the UNESCO World Heritage Cities Programme is releasing a new set of case studies on the UNESCO Urban Heritage Atlas. Building on last ...

About a year ago, I landed in Seoul for Frieze Week and immediately rushed to a dinner announcing the Bukhara Biennial, a new ...

On Sunday, a group of volunteers will explore a vestige of an ancient shoreline in the south suburbs. They also plan to set it on fire. The volunteers will be at Superior Street Prairie in Calumet ...

Archaeologists working at the site of the ancient Turkish city Attouda have uncovered a ritual site dedicated to the Phrygian mother goddess, Matar. The site, complete with a cave and a “twin rock ...

This story is a collaboration between The Associated Press and Mongabay. MEXICO CITY, Mexico — After years of working abroad in marine conservation, Cassandra Garduño returned home to find the ...

3,600 years ago, a massive cosmic airburst struck the ancient city of Tall el-Hammam, incinerating everything in seconds. Some believe this cataclysm inspired the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. It Sits ...

For the better part of two centuries, archaeologists have been uncovering the secrets of ancient Troy. On the northwestern coast of modern-day Turkey, the city at the heart of Homer’s Iliad and the ...