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When Ancient Romans Had Their Clothes Stolen, They Responded With Curse Tablets

The gods shall punish toga thieves.

Carly Silver August 9, 2016

Villa Romana e Antiquarium

A beautifully well-preserved ancient Roman villa.

Found: A 3,000-Year-Old Ball of Yarn

It's very delicate.

Sarah Laskow July 29, 2016

A view from inside the tunnel. (Photo:

East Jerusalem, Israel

Siloam Tunnel

An ancient tunnel in Jerusalem built to redirect water in the event of a siege is one of history’s great architectural innovations.

Divers explore Heracleion

Alexandria, Egypt

The Lost City of Heracleion

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

Mango tree on top of Pulemelei Mound

Pulemelei Mound

An unmarked, overgrown path through dense vegetation leads to the largest ancient structure in Polynesia.

100 Wonders: The Bristlecone Pines

The world's oldest living trees have been growing in Nevada for more than 5,000 years.

Sponsored by Travel Nevada

Xochicalco, Mexico

Xochicalco Pyramids

The ruins of an ancient city built by Mayan traders is centered around a temple of a sacred feathered serpent deity.

Wings Found from 99 Million Years Ago Are a Lot Like Those on Birds Today

They were encased in amber.

Erik Shilling June 29, 2016

Some 14,000-Year-Old Mammoth Bones Were Found Near Mexico City

The animal was probably cut up by humans after its death.

Erik Shilling June 27, 2016

'O, Shrill-Voiced Insect': The Cicada Poems of Ancient Greece

Classical poets loved cicadas so much they wrote odes to them.

Natalie Zarrelli June 23, 2016

Egypt's Biggest Pyramid Isn't Quite Square at Its Base

But the ancient builders got pretty close.

Erik Shilling June 20, 2016

Petroglyph known as "the zipper"

Parowan Gap Petroglyphs

Hundreds of drawings left by the land's previous inhabitants remain mysterious.

Mosque panorama

Kairouan, Tunisia

Great Mosque of Kairouan

Founded in 670, this ancient mosque is an architectural time portal.

The distinctive topography of the area was used as inspiration for the rock gardens

Wonsees, Germany

Sanspareil Rock Garden

These 18th century gardens tell a rocky story of the son of Odysseus.

Stone Circle at Castlerigg with the mountain Blencathra in the background

Keswick, England

Castlerigg Stone Circle

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

Fès- Fès-el-Bâli medina

Fes el-Bali

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.

Mud-brick houses

Al Ula, Saudi Arabia

Al 'Ula

Within the Saudi Arabian desert lies a 2,000-year-old ghost town made of stone and mud.