This ancient Silk Road town was almost lost to time
Dandan-Oilik was once a thriving complex packed with Buddhist temples in the Taklimakan desert. What do we know now about ...
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Unraveling the Secrets of Parion: An Ancient Greek City on the Hellespont
Parion, also called Parium, was an ancient Greek city located on the coast of the Hellespont in northwestern Anatolia, Turkey ...
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Who built the ‘lost city’ of Petra—and why did they leave?
Built over 2,000 years ago, the iconic desert city continues ... and the ruins themselves. Al Khazna, or the Treasury, is just one of the many facades carved into the mountains of ancient Petra.
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Students unearth massive 1,500-year-old Roman structure in Italy. See the ruins
Archaeologists and students unearthed the 1,500-year-old ruins of huge semicircular ... much larger and grander than the surrounding ancient Roman city and built after one of Rome’s co-emperors ...
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China Plans to Repair Ancient City Ruins
Located some 20 km east of Turpan, the ruins of Jiaohe, meaning "old city between two rivers", is an ancient frontier army citadel of the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.- 24 A.D.). As the capital of Turpan ...
Beyond the Trevi Fountain: The ancient Roman’s guide to the secret gems hidden among the tourist sites
If you head to the Colosseum, Vatican and other popular city landmarks, historian Guy de la Bédoyère reveals how to spot the ...
Israeli bombing puts ancient ruins at risk, archaeologists warn
On 23 October, the IDF issued evacuation orders for neighbourhoods close to the city's Roman ruins ... reportedly fled to the ...