Researchers have discovered 50 rare cave pearls, some of which contain ancient Greek artifacts from the Hellenistic era, in an underground water system near Jerusalem. This is the first known instance ...

Ancient Olympia. Credit: Credit: Jean-Marc Astesana/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 2.0 The Greek city of Olympia in Elis, Greece took its name from its association with mount Olympus. The name signifies ...

Chichén Itzá, "the mouth of the well of the Itzás," was likely the most important city in the Yucatán from ... beautiful murals depicting the life of the ancient Maya. The three-roomed Templo ...

Expert archaeologists discovered the sewage system in the historic city of Stratonikeia in Mugla, and have reportedly estimated that it is around 2,250 years old - dating back to ancient Roman ...

Abstract: Modern power grid has a fundamental role in the operation of smart cities. However, high impact low probability extreme events bring severe challenges to the security of urban power grid.

Basel, Switzerland and Miami are probably the most disparate cities in the Western realm. Now celebrating 22 years in Miami ...

The port city of Hangzhou, the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang Province East China, has been a strategic hub along the Silk Roads since ancient times. Known as ‘the House of Silk’, the city ...