PALMYRA, Syria — This ancient city, once one of the most important stops on the Silk Road, bears the scars of ... of years before it became a thriving Roman city on the crossroads between ...

Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...

Lidar technology is revealing that the Mayan civilization was more complex and interconnected than previously thought.

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

Clay models of ships dating from the Middle Bronze Age to the Roman era have been found on ... a maritime route for international trade replaced the Silk Road under China’s Tang dynasty (618 ...

More than 250,000 people paid their respects to the pontiff at his funeral in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Vatican said ...

It follows the pathways of the Silk Road, where traders once carried exotic ... ancient landmarks like the pyramids before blending in Roman ruins and coastal cities with landscapes that are ...

The rite began in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta, where Francis lived for the 12 years of his pontificate and where he ...

Central Asian leaders invited the European Union with a mix of enthusiasm and caution to gather on Thursday and Friday in Samarkand, situated along the historic Silk Road trade routes which now ...

The earliest known domestic cat in what is now the United States perished 466 years ago in a shipwreck off the coast of ...

In the opening scenes of the CBS television series Northern Exposure, set in the fictional town of Cicely, Alaska, a moose ...

Citing Roman historian Pliny, he noted that India was viewed as “the drain of the world’s wealth" because of its massive exports in pepper, cotton, ivory, and silk. He also challenged popular ...