Across the ancient world, civilizations constructed extraordinary cities in locations that seem almost impossible to inhabit.

In September of 2020, while searching for a funerary temple of Tutankhamun, a team of Egyptian archaeologists stumbled upon a remarkably well-preserved city buried under the sand near Luxor. As they ...

On Sicily’s south-western coast, Selinunte is home to the remains of one of the island’s most impressive ancient Greek cities ...

There are many cities that archaeologists have never been able to locate, including capitals of major kingdoms and empires. A Live Science article revisits six of these lost places whose existence is ...

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 ...

Walk through the streets of Rome, London, Jerusalem or Delhi and you may be standing above a city that is hundreds or even thousands of years older. In Rome, archaeological deposits beneath the modern ...

It seems implausible that an entire city could cease to exist. A sophisticated metropolis of art, architecture, kings, queens, food and farmland could thrive for centuries, and then suddenly, for ...

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 ...

This article was originally published on July 21, 2021. For thousands of years, humans have whispered and wondered about the possibility of entire cities sinking into the ocean. One of the most famous ...

Cities play a key role in climate change and biodiversity and are one of the most recognizable features of the Anthropocene. They also accelerate innovation and shape social networks, while ...

Visit ancient religious and cultural centers that have shaped the ways we view the world. Many of the Ancient Cities that helped shape the modern world endure to this day. In this episode we journey ...