On the west bank of the Achelous are the remains of one of the oldest shipyards in antiquity, that of the ancient Greek city of Oeniadae ...

Have you ever wondered which is actually the oldest city in the world? The answer takes us far back—to a time when people began to organize their lives permanently in one place. Long before modern ...

The Lelantine War may have been one of the only wars in ancient Greece to involve multiple cities, but did it really happen?

Millions visit the vast and remarkably preserved ancient city of Ephesus each year, stepping back through the centuries to ...

When people picture the ancient world, they often imagine ruins behind museum glass. But many of the world’s oldest cities are still alive, loud, and surprisingly ordinary. Streets mapped out ...

Visit ancient religious and cultural centers that have shaped the ways we view the world. Many of the Ancient Cities that helped shape the modern world endure to this day. In this episode we journey ...

Today all that’s left of the ancient city of Semiyarka are a few low earthen mounds and some scattered artifacts, nearly hidden beneath the waving grasses of the Kazakh Steppe, a vast swath of ...