It took decades for archaeologists to realize this 3,500-year-old tablet depicts an ancient city at scale. But how did its ...

According to National Geographic, the map depicts distances between gates in the wall surrounding the Mesopotamian city of Nippur, but for decades experts questioned its accuracy. The locations of ...

ROME, Jan 11 (Reuters) - A marble map of ancient Rome, that hasn't been put on public view for almost 100 years, is getting its very own museum within sight of the Colosseum. The Museum of the Forma ...

Imagine a time when the world was flat, surrounded by vast, unknowable waters, and ruled by the whims of powerful deities. For the ancient Babylonians, this wasn't mere fantasy, but their perceived ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest civilizations imagined the Earth. Known as the Imago Mundi, this Babylonian world ...

Laser mapping has revealed the extent of a cluster of ancient cities buried in the Amazon jungle that pre-date earlier discoveries by a thousand years. At least 10,000 farmers, and possibly tens of ...

In the center of Siena, Italy, a cathedral has stood for nearly 800 years. A black-and-white layer cake of heavy stone, fine-cut statuary, and rich mosaics, the imposing structure—now visited by more ...

Today’s cities are a continuation of what’s been learned thousands of years ago. Ancient cities presented opportunities that modern cities have copied. Everything from government and administrative ...

These coastal civilizations have long since disappeared under the waves. But new technology is revolutionizing underwater archaeology and surfacing the remains like never before. Resting on the ...