Inside a Lost City”, is an object lesson in the role that presentism plays in our contemporary understanding of the world, ...

In the heart of Thailand's central plain, just 80 kilometres from Bangkok, Ayutthaya is home to sculptural Buddhist temples. This fallen metropolis, a city-island witness to four centuries of history, ...

Xi’an, often referred to as the “birthplace of civilisation,” is a city steeped ... and art. Xi’an is most famous for being the starting point of the Silk Road, the ancient trade route ...

The ancient city of Teos sits on the western coast of ... it was a thriving center of Hellenistic and Roman art, culture, and trade. Few people have inhabited the area since the third century ...

These techniques, in fact, were invented thousands of years ago by the leaders of the Ancient ... the first art political logo, with Alexander the Great later expanding on the concept by ...

Art and architecture were important too. This is the ancient city of Tikal. 1300 years ago it would have been called 'Yax Mutal' and was home to thousands of Maya people. Image caption ...