An ancient skyscraper considered the seventh wonder of the world crumbled to ruin centuries ago. Now an ambitious ...

ANTAKYA, Turkey — Architect Buse Ceren Gul is on a mission: restore a 166-year-old Greek Orthodox church that was long a ...

The study of a 1,900-year-old vial found in Pergamon suggests that the Romans used feces as medicine, and thyme to mask the ...

This multiday hike in Turkey goes along the Mediterranean Sea and past many ruins. Here's a guide to the 435-mile coastal trail to plan your village to village trek.

Slowly approaching the railing that overlooked what is considered the oldest temple ever built by humankind, I couldn’t help ...

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 ...

During excavations in the ancient Greek city of Laodicea, located in present-day Turkey, archaeologists found themselves face-to-face with a familiar figure: the head of Hermes, a god worshipped by ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Archaeologists discovered a portion of Jerusalem’s “First Wall” tucked inside a historic complex near the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum. Historical ...

An archaeological excavation in Turkey has brought to light a find that enriches our understanding of early Christian culture with new perspectives. A fresco preserved on the wall of an underground ...

The barge may have been used in ritual celebration of the goddess Isis. This is the latest discovery at the Port of the Royal Island of Antirhodos, within Alexandria’s larger Portus Magnus complex at ...