The oldest surviving world map, known as the Imago Mundi, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Babylonian life. Dating ...

Name: Babylonian Map of the World ("Imago Mundi" in Latin) What it is: A clay tablet inscribed with the oldest known map of ...

Scientists have deciphered the world’s oldest map — and they believe it may lead them to the location of Noah’s Ark.

This wonder of the ancient world may have an untouched tomb This ... Watch: Workers Risk Their Lives to Fix the Great Wall of China Watch: Workers Risk Their Lives to Fix the Great Wall of China ...

It was discovered accidentally in 1740, when a Spanish priest named Antonio de Solis struck a buried wall with his spade ... murals depicting the life of the ancient Maya. The three-roomed Templo ...

Construction continued up to the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), when the Great Wall became the world's largest military structure ... agricultural civilizations and nomadic civilizations in ancient China.

The notion of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World can be traced back to the fifth ... wonders of comparable regard—such as the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu in Peru, and the Aztec Temple ...

These remnants of the ancient world have long cast a spell over travelers ... with Machu Picchu, the Great Wall of China, the Acropolis and Rome’s Colosseum regular contenders for the top ...

Although a modern city, one of the most striking features is the Barbican, a remnant of the London Wall from Roman times. Bits of the classical world followed me across Europe whether I was learning ...

A city with temple pyramids not far from the road and a site with a Maya complex built alongside a sinkhole lend to evidence ...

This tree-map is sounding a rare note of optimism in the conservation world. But the Woodland Trust charity warns that these trees - known as ancient or veteran specimens - have "almost no" legal ...

Explore Turkey's Derinkuyu, the world’s largest excavated underground city, and how the 2000-year-old marvel exemplifies ...