The drop in the water level of a lake has revealed the remains of an ancient Turkish city in remarkable condition.

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 – ...

Satellite imagery revealed a buried feature (pink line) which helped guide excavations (blue rectangle). (Abouarab et al., Acta Geophys., 2026) Archaeologists have encountered a mysterious structure ...

Since time immemorial, tales of cities which once existed but sank into the depths of the oceans have captivated people all ...

Archaeological discovery reveals that Mohenjo-daro was founded centuries earlier, rewriting the history of the Indus Valley.

The Amazon rainforest, mountain highlands, and desert sands have long held secrets buried beneath their surfaces. Recent archaeological discoveries have upended centuries of assumptions about where ...

Evidence from Jerash shows the Justinian plague reshaped communities, exposing hidden migration patterns and the human impact of pandemic crises. “A plague is upon us” was likely a familiar expression ...

Nestled in the lush valleys of northern Jordan, just a short journey from Amman, lies one of the most spectacularly preserved Roman provincial cities in the world: Jerash. Known in antiquity as Gerasa ...

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 ...

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What do cities reveal about us? Not just our engineering or art, but our longings—what we value, what we revere, how we choose to live together. William Frej’s new book, Unforgotten: Ancient Cities ...