Archaeology

In an Emirati park near the Omani border, a reconstructed Bronze Age tomb with impressive reliefs.

The mounds on this coastal archaeological site reveal the history of the land’s first inhabitants.

According to legend, after Hades pulled Persephone into the underworld, one of her attendant nymphs cried so much that her tears formed this spring.

This ancient stele gives a testimony to the presence of the Syrian sun god Elagabalus on the Roman Empire's western frontier.

Florence’s archaeological museum displays an ordinary stool that once shattered one of its most prized artifacts.

Once a huge limestone cave that collapsed thousands of years ago, this scenic ravine is also an important archaeological site.

The remains of a large pueblo village constructed by the Salado culture, who occupied the region more than 600 years ago.

This sacred enclave was once considered the religious center of Eastern Polynesia.

A sculpture of a partly-buried Roman helmet commemorates a North Wales town’s connection with its Roman past.

Engravings of penises and vaginas on a boulder in the Philippines dates local tribal history back to the Bronze Age.

The ruins of a prehistoric village hide on a remote Taiwanese island.

A Roman mosaic depicting a classical myth was only rediscovered after bombing during World War II.

An ancient site that has revealed incredible artifacts including portions of the Themistoclean Wall.

Late Mesolithic settlements and Bronze Age burials have been excavated at this ancient woodland on the top of a hill.