While many of these cities have vanished, some of these towns have survived the test of time, transforming into vibrant ...

As you follow along sections of the formidable city walls and pass by towers that still stand strong, it’s not hard to imagine the fertile landscape below dotted with ancient farms and flocks of ...

The New Arab revisits the ancient cities of the Middle East, highlighting the destruction caused by war, looting, and neglect ...

The Japanese author’s new novel features a walled town with no music or books, a speaking shadow, the ghost of a head ...

Looking west over the city walls of Khiva, it's easy to imagine a guardsman watching out for exhausted traders making their way across the dusty Karakum desert towards the ancient city ...

From elevators and handrails to VR, beacons, and sign language guides—how Jerusalem's Old City and Tower of David set a new ...

The first thing you'll see as you approach Dubrovnik from the sky or the sea is the city walls. These ancient fortifications were built and rebuilt in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries as the ...

The Plan Castro laid out a grid system in the areas immediately outside of the old city walls - the first planned ... Many were built on ancient grids established by the Roman Empire, which ...

a major centre of learning in the ancient world. Monumental temples, theatres, stoa or porticoes, gymnasium, altar and library were set into the sloping terrain surrounded by an extensive city wall.

The walled city that grew up around the citadel bears evidence of the early Graeco-Roman street layout and contains remnants of 6th century Christian buildings, medieval walls and gates, mosques and ...

There are surprises and amazing photo opportunities everywhere; this vast melting pot of history, ancient buildings and walls defy you to not find something ... what came to be an impenetrable ...