Jetavanaramaya, a colossal fourth-century Sri Lankan stupa, was once among the world’s largest structures — a vast and ancient brick-built engineering marvel born out of religious rivalry that has ...

Centuries of excavations have unearthed a few theories about what really brought down one of the oldest cities in the ancient world. Alamy Chronicle's illustration of "Joshua at Jericho." Jericho's ...

Canadian PM Carney cited Ancient Greece's Thucydides at Davos, warning middle powers to act as tariffs and supply chains ...

Prologue In the early 1970s, I wrote my Ph.D. thesis on Adamantios Koraes at the University of Wisconsin. I read his ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Archaeologists discovered a portion of Jerusalem’s “First Wall” tucked inside a historic complex near the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum. Historical ...

Jemima McPhee receives funding from an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often ...

For centuries, this ancient city remained hidden from historians and archaeologists. But new research and excavation have revealed its location, structures, and importance. In this episode, we explore ...

With monuments like the Acropolis just steps apart, Greece’s capital scored a perfect 20/20 in a global study. Madeline Weinfield is a journalist covering travel, culture, and current events. In ...

Nearly 2,000 years ago, the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae bustled with merchants, farmers and families going about their daily lives. Unbeknownst to them, Mount Vesuvius, a ...

Benin City, in southern Nigeria, has risen from a history marked by conquest and loss to become a bustling urban center of more than 2 million residents. Once the heart of the powerful Kingdom of ...

Behind the colorful trajineras and lively party boats, locals are working to preserve Xochimilco’s history, culture, and fragile ecosystem surrounding its floating farms. Contributor. Forbes ...