Lasers revealed that the city spanned roughly the same area as Beijing and may have been among the most densely populated in the region.

A joint team of Greek and Austrian archaeologists unearthed a massive ruined temple on a hill near Samikon in 2021 and identified it as a long-lost sanctuary of Poseidon. After several years of work, ...

Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped in tales of excess and cruelty. One enduring myth claims that as a great ...

Archaeologists in Greece have uncovered a monumental temple complex at Kleidi-Samikon in the Peloponnese, believed to be dedicated to Poseidon. Measuring 28 by 9.5 meters, the temple’s unique design ...

A newly discovered underwater city that resembles the mythical Atlantis could transform our understanding of ancient civilizations and human origins.

Using lidar technology, researchers surveyed 50 square miles of Campeche, Mexico, discovering an entire previously unknown ...

Records of the city have been lost to time as its distant past has faded away over the years - however, some shreds of its history remain. Ancient Greek historian Herodotus described the city’s ...

Archaeologists from the University of Michigan have recently discovered a hoard of Persian gold coins in the ancient Greek city-state of Notion, on the west coast of Anatolia in Turkey. The gold coins ...

A section of walls at the Gaochang (Qocho) city ruins in Turpan, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. [Photo by Wang Chengmeng/chinadaily.com.cn] Gaochang (Qocho) city, which mimics the layout of ...

“They managed to bring water to the city, and with water came hygiene ... a scanning electron image of an ancient Roman concrete sample with lime clast, highlighted in red; Dr. Masic inspecting ...

The discovery of a 2,000-year-old tomb revealed the skeletons of at least twelve people buried beneath the Treasury monument in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan. Credit: Greek Reporter The rare ...