Millions visit the vast and remarkably preserved ancient city of Ephesus each year, stepping back through the centuries to walk marble streets, explore Roman baths and admire landmarks like the ...

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 – ...

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When people picture the ancient world, they often imagine ruins behind museum glass. But many of the world’s oldest cities are still alive, loud, and surprisingly ordinary. Streets mapped out ...

Tikal was the capital of a great Maya city-state, one of the most powerful kingdoms of the ancient Maya. Today Tikal is a site of expansive Mayan ruins deep in the jungle, in the rainforests of ...

In late 2025, archaeologists stunned the world with news of a vast network of ancient tunnels buried beneath a long-forgotten stone city in northern China. This discovery has sparked fresh questions ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BHUBANESWAR, India — In Bhubaneswar, India, a new public art trail has opened its inaugural edition. The Bhubaneswar Art Trail cuts a winding three-quarter-mile path through the city’s Old Town ...