The power of Ramses III spread over key routes and was marked by rock inscriptions in his name—one has been found in Wadi Rum ...

The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...

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Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

Authorities on the Greek island of Crete have arrested six people allegedly involved in an antiquities smuggling operation ...

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Take a gently paced coastal road trip from Kalamata in the southern Peloponnese to Parga in Epirus to experience ancient ...

Dr Thomas Strasser of Providence College, Rhode Island says “This is the first palaeolithic art ever found in Greece and it’s ...

The site is found near the village of Crnobuki in North Macedonia. The earliest mention of it appears in 1966, but it wasn’t ...

It was purportedly grown in the Hanging Gardens of Babylon where it was used for medicinal purposes in ancient Greece. It has been cultivated since at least the 16th century in England. Although it is ...

From ancient ruins to design-led ... the bucket list then Kissamos on the west of Crete is where to venture. This delicacy has put the town on the map, as the surrounding foothills are the only place ...

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