Dandan-Oilik was once a thriving complex packed with Buddhist temples in the Taklimakan desert. What do we know now about ...

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.

Dur-Sharrukin was gradually abandoned in the subsequent decades ... In 2015, members of the Islamic State (IS) destroyed parts of the ancient city, and shortly afterwards the area saw fighting between ...

A new magnetic survey of the ancient Assyrian capital of Khorsabad has revealed several structures, including a villa, buried underground.

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 ...

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 ...