Ziggurats were mudbrick temples designed to bridge heaven and earth, anchoring religion, power, and architecture in the ancient Near East for thousands of years.
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 ...
This discovery also shows that substances considered unclean today were once valued as medicinal ingredients in ancient medicine.
Türkiye has a rich cultural and historical heritage that makes it a prime destination for history buffs. The ancient ruins from Greek, Byzantine, and Ottoman times create a unique experience every ...
Greece's Ministry of Culture is proceeding with the restoration of the Ancient Theater of Gitana in Epirus' Thesprotia region.
Dark-brown flakes discovered inside a 1,900-year-old Roman glass vial are the first direct evidence for the use of human feces for medicinal purposes, a new chemical analysis reveals. The feces were ...
Do as the Romans doo? It’s not just plumbing that the ancient Italians pioneered. Turkish scientists have found a ...
This selective memory is not unique to Troy. Across history, spectacular collapses dominate how we imagine the past: Rome ...
Perperikon, the ancient city of stone in the hills of Bulgaria, may have been the site where the temple of Dionysus was built.
Unlike the Egyptian pyramids, ziggurats were not places of royal burials, but temples dedicated to the patron deity of a city ...