A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Appian Way is a roughly 350-mile-long road that runs from Rome to Brindisi. With some parts ...

An ancient Roman city featuring a forum and a monumental theater has been discovered near Italy's Appian Way. Researchers used advanced drone technology to uncover historical evidence.

Founded, furnished and eventually forgotten – this has been the fate of many cities since ancient times. A few names have stayed alive in legend and literature while others disappeared completely – ...

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The little-known ancient Greek city of Europos has started to unveil its secrets in a new wave of excavations that started in 2020.

Archaeologists in Croatia have reopened a 2,000-year-old hidden tunnel at the ancient city of Salona, revealing Roman amphitheatres.

We often imagine ancient civilizations as primitive compared to today’s urban landscapes. Living in mud huts, traveling by foot or animal, using rudimentary tools. That image gets shattered when you ...

Archaeologists recently discovered an ancient "city of the dead" in Italy, dating back nearly 3,000 years. The Italian province of Trentino said in a news release that a "monumental necropolis" from ...

Exploring the greatest civilizations in history and their capitals shows some of the most amazing feats of engineering that historical civilizations undertook. While today's developers are obsessed ...

Explore the ancient city of Cahokia, where over 20,000 people once thrived. Walk its mounds, uncover history, and experience a UNESCO World Heritage site in Illinois!

Neolithic towns and villages in the Near East -- Early Sumerian cities -- Mesopotamian cities in the late third and second millennia BC -- Cities of the Indus Valley civilization -- Egypt of the ...

The great cities of the Maya lowlands dominated the Early Classical period, as we take a look at the latest instalment of our ...