Does that mean there’s a country with more pyramids than Egypt, and possibly the most in the world? A simplified version of ...

INDEX: Nubia When discussing the civilisations of the Nile Valley, many histories focus almost exclusively on the role of Egypt. But this approach ignores the emergence further so ...

Personally, she considers Nuri in Sudan – a royal burial ground for the ancient kingdom of Kush, dating back to the middle of the 7th century BC – as a site of importance, but says the ...

Arslan Kaya is one of eight similar structures in the Phrygian Highlands, a quiet region in western Anatolia, Turkey that is now home to a few villagers and remnants of an ancient kingdom.

The Emperor Nero sent out a Roman expedition to find the Nile's source some 2,000 years before Victorian explorers reached ...

This lost ancient kingdom began in Ireland and involved a people later named as Scoti, a Latin word meaning raiders or possibly pirates – yes, Scotland means “land of the raiders” – which first ...

The Old Kingdom king Djedkare Isesi left Abusir and built his Pyramid Complex at South Saqqara. His pyramid is built in steps, using new construction techniques. The substructure, entered at ...

A team from the Egyptian Supreme Council of Archaeology and the German University of Tübengen have fully unearthed the entrance of a well-preserved 2,000-year-old temple in Sohag, Egypt.

The couple stands on the edge of the sheer limestone cliff. More than 100 metres (328ft) beneath them is a lost world of ancient forests, plants and animals. All they can see is leafy tree tops ...

The theater at Dodona, in the ancient kingdom of Epirus. Credit: Onno Zweers Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 A mountainous region in today’s northwestern Greece, Epirus was inhabited by the Greek ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - Altar Q that depicts 16 kings in the dynastic succession of the city is seen inside the archeological ...