Standing amidst the ruins of Troy, with its weathered stones and crumbling walls, one cannot help but feel a connection to the echoes of ancient civilizations that once thrived here. The site, ...

Heinrich Schliemann, the German archaeologist, was in Turkey in the late 19th century on an eccentric quest. He was excavating a tell—an artificial mound that covers long abandoned settlements. The ...

Richard Bevan reveals the real stories behind the world’s lost cities - how they fell, how they were found, and why their ...