The ancient city of Jericho, corresponding to the site known ... The communities built stone walls that served a dual function: to protect the population from external attacks and to control ...

Did you know Damascus, Syria, has been home to people for about 3000 B.C.E.? Today, it has a population of around 2.6 million ...

Aleppo, Syria, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, with a history spanning over 4,000 years. Known for its rich cultural heritage, the city features historic landmarks ...

The ancient city tops World Population Review's list of the oldest cities on the planet, which are still inhabited. The ...

In Yemen's desert lies the ancient city of Shibam with its mud brick skyscrapers symbolizing human adaptability in extreme ...

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

The modern city of Luxor, known in the ancient world as Thebes, has one of the largest concentrations of ancient monuments in ...

The Cyrus Cylinder is an ancient clay artifact ... Excavations at Jericho have revealed evidence of a fortified city with massive walls dating to the Late Bronze Age (around 1550–1200 BCE).

By Alan Yuhas East of the town of Dos Lagunas, past the major highway cutting through Mexico’s south, the forest rises up in a dense wall of ... substantial ancient Mayan city, right there ...

Thus, from the outside, the mausoleum appears like a small hill. Jingzhou's ancient city walls are another architectural marvel that can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn period (770BC-476BC ...

The “tiny” house, the Pompeii Archaeological Park said, was found during excavations at the Insula dei casti Amanti construction site, which is in the ancient city’s central district.