When people picture the ancient world, they often imagine ruins behind museum glass. But many of the world’s oldest cities are still alive, loud, and surprisingly ordinary. Streets mapped out ...

Exploring ancient ruins is like stepping into a time machine. Some of these ruins make you wonder how in the world they were even built, let alone how they’ve managed to survive the ravages of time.

Our understanding of ancient civilizations is constantly challenged by newly discovered ruins that defy mainstream historical and archaeological explanations. These fascinating remnants of the past ...

Go boating on the three lakes of Killarney: Lough Leane, Muckross, and Upper Lake. Explore medieval monastic ruins on Innisfallen Island, and immerse yourself in ancient silence. Walk through ...

Archaeologists scanned and excavated more of the 2,300-year-old city of Imet in Egypt. Photos show the ruins and artifacts they uncovered. Photos from Egypt’s ‎Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Near ...

Archaeologists excavating some 4,000-year-old ruins in Peru found a circular altar used for ceremonial burns, officials said and photos show. Photo from Peru’s Ministry of Culture At the base of an ...

In the Amfissa Valley, an ancient footpath winds through thousand-year-old olive groves to the ancient ruins of Delphi — and a haunting cave shrouded in legend and folklore. According to Greek ...