The ancient cities of Damascus and Aleppo evolved into thriving cities that perfectly blend history with modern life.

Compared to the large Bronze Age cities in Mesopotamia and Egypt, settlements in Saudi Arabia tended to be smaller. "These were small towns connected to networks of monumental ramparts surrounding ...

This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. “To the King of Egypt, my brother. Thus says the King of Alashiya, your brother: ... Send your messenger ...

The Antiquities Authority determined the stone to be a Canaanite scarab from the Middle Bronze Age. Canaanites were an ancient people that lived throughout the Levant, with strong ties to Egypt. In ...

The teenagers’ skeletons were unearthed at the cemetery of Basur Höyük where researchers previously uncovered evidence of “grand funerary rituals” and the burial of “spectacular” quantities of ...

Archaeologists excavating a field in the municipality of Kutenholz in the Stade District, in Lower Saxony, Germany, have discovered two well-preserved Bronze Age daggers which are believed to date ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Bronze Age Scandinavians may have traveled directly over the open sea between Denmark and Norway, facilitated by a new computer model simulating such voyages ...