Dur-Sharrukin was gradually abandoned in the subsequent decades, having never been fully completed. Now, a research team have announced the results of an investigation into the ancient archaeological ...

In the following decades, Dur-Sharrukin was gradually abandoned ... destroyed some sections of the ancient city in 2015. Then, fighting broke out in the area between Kurdish and IS soldiers.

The nation of Greece is one of the most archaeologically rich countries in the world. For evidence, look no further than the summer of this year, when archeologists discovered a 4,000-year-old ...

Sargon II's son and successor, Sennacherib, then moved the capital to the city of Nineveh, and Khorsabad was abandoned and forgotten for over two millennia. Related: Ancient carvings of Assyrian ...

The ancient African town of Chinguetti was once a stopover for trade caravans and pilgrims in the Sahara Desert. As many of the people passing through were rich and educated, libraries started ...

Archaeologists have long thought this grandiose project had barely gotten underway when it was abandoned ... which enclose an area more than one mile square (1.7 by 1.7 square kilometers).