A ziggurat (also spelled ziqqurat) was a raised platform with four sloping sides that looked like a tiered pyramid.

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Archaeologists have discovered 79 previously unseen pieces of graffiti scratched into the walls of an alley in Pompeii that ...

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Archaeologists have discovered the largest Roman villa ever found in Wales - and it's earned the nickname 'Port Talbot's Pompeii'.

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Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Archaeologists discovered a portion of Jerusalem’s “First Wall” tucked inside a historic complex near the Tower of David Jerusalem Museum. Historical ...

Benin City, in southern Nigeria, has risen from a history marked by conquest and loss to become a bustling urban center of more than 2 million residents. Once the heart of the powerful Kingdom of ...

Nearly 2,000 years after a devastating volcanic eruption destroyed and entombed a thriving Roman city, researchers are turning to the novel technique of digital archaeology to reveal the “lost Pompeii ...