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 – ...

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

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An ancient city has been unveiled by archaeologists in Peru. Located in ...

Game board carved into a stone block found in the eastern part of the city. (Zofia Kowarska/PAP) Founded in the late 4th century BC under Hellenistic Egyptian kings, Ptolemais grew into a massive ...

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

The ancient city of Napata, located in what is now Sudan, was a major urban and cultural center of Kush, an ancient empire in Nubia. University of Michigan archaeologists and earth scientists examined ...

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 ...

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 ...