Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

For more than a century, scholars have largely agreed that the oldest cities in the world were built in Mesopotamia, mostly in modern-day Iraq, starting in the 5th millennium B.C.E. These early ...

In this day and age, we have renewable energy, self-driving cars, and printable organs. Technology has developed at such an ...

Excavations at Tell Ramad, on the outskirts of the city, have shown that Damascus was inhabited as early as 8,000 to 10,000 BC ...

making it Italy’s oldest city and one of the oldest in the world, according to Discovery Matera. Built into soft tuff stone, the city is famous for its sassi - cave dwellings that were used as ...

Some of the oldest skyscrapers in the world especially hold a place ... Abu Dhabi Tops List of Most Walkable Cities in the World by Time Out Time Out unveils its list of the most walkable cities in ...