Archaeologists debated age, purpose of Gradishte ruins until radar scans, excavations, artifact finds revealed traces of forgotten pre-Roman city, photos show.

A construction worker has unearthed a 1,500-year-old Byzantine tomb complex in the war-torn province of Idlib, northern Syria. The discovery occurred in Maarat al-Numan, a town of strategic ...

The late Roman aqueduct provided water for the population of Constantinople The Roman Empire was ahead of its time in many ways, with a strong commitment to build infrastructure for its citizens ...

Archaeologists excavating beneath the ruins of an early Christian church have unearthed underground rooms and a tunnel from 1,500 years ago in the oldest part of Istanbul — once Constantinople ...

Archaeologists in Istanbul have discovered the remains of underground rooms and a tunnel while excavating the ruins of an early Christian church. The rooms appear to be around 1,500 years old when ...

The ruins are from the sixth-century church of St. Polyeuctus, which was one of the largest in Constantinople — as Istanbul was called before its conquest by Ottoman Turks in 1453.

A contractor in Syria discovered an ancient Byzantine tomb complex believed to be 1,500 years old below a destroyed home.

View A capriccio of classical ruins with Belisarius begging at the entrance to Constantinople, with a statue of Hercules and the hydra at right by Giovanni Paolo Panini on artnet. Browse upcoming and ...

Believed to be more than 1,500 years old from the Byzantine Empire, the ruins were found in Maarat al-Numan in Idlib province, located on the route between the cities of Aleppo and Damascus.

View A capriccio of classical ruins with Belisarius begging at the entrance to Constantinople, with a statue of Hercules and the hydra at right Studio of Giovanni Paolo Pannini; oil on canvas; 40 5/8 ...