A powerhouse of culture, history, and architectural prestige, India is known as one of the world's tourist destinations. The most populous and the seventh-largest country in the world, India is where ...

The discovery of the settlements over the years has led to a new understanding of the Asia Minor and Anatolia regions.

Underwater archaeologists announced they had discovered the ancient wreck of an ancient Egyptian pleasure boat off the coast ...

A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...

Less than a century after it was rediscovered, National Geographic's correspondent explored the ruins of Petra and found its ...

Hecatomnus’ tomb, Milas, Turkey Marble statues from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the massive tomb built for Mausolus, governor of the southwestern Anatolian province ...

Turkey was once full of Greek cities which were the cradle of ancient Greek scientific and philosophical thought.

The origins of ancient Greek city names like Athens and Olympia reflect mythology, history, and the development of Greek ...

Egypt, third millennium b.c. The Great Pyramid of Giza is both the oldest of the Seven Wonders and the only one still standing. Built by the pharaoh Khufu (reigned ca. 2551–2528 b.c.) to serve as his ...

Sobering images of buildings, bridges and monuments damaged or destroyed in wars and conflicts throughout history. While some ...

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, in modern-day Turkey, was an ornate memorial built for Carian ruler Mausolus and overseen by his sister-wife Artemesia II.