The civilization was known for sophisticated urban centers, ceremonial platforms, cliffside burial structures, and ...

A horizontal zigzag frieze wraps itself around the Praça do Comércio’s facade. It is intersected with downward-pointing ...

The remains of a Maya city that dates back nearly 3,000 years has been found in northern Guatemala, and its name holds a ...

The exhibit, called the City on the River, tells the story of Angel Mounds, a thriving Indigenous city. People lived there ...

According to legend, this earthen architecture city owes its existence to a magic worm. In the epic poem, Shahnameh, by Persian poet Ferdowsi, a girl was spinning cotton when she discovered a worm ...

More than 18,000 artefacts that have been excavated and documented from Keeladi over eight rounds of excavations ...

This statue covered in gold leaf and semiprecious stones may have been used in ancient Mesopotamian sunrise rituals.

He was, at some point, appointed cup-bearer to the Mesopotamian king Ur-Zababa. He rose ... fall to in-fighting between the ...

Collectively valued at $500,000, the Mesopotamian relics are believed to have been looted and at least one was linked to the ...

The ancient city—in what is today central Türkiye—was abandoned around 1180 B.C. Modern researchers are trying to find out why. At its height, the ancient city of Hattuşa, capital of the ...