BC, the Near East was dominated by three powerful kingdoms: the Median Empire of Astyages, the Neo-Babylonian Empire of ...

Ruins of pillars placed together and established as ancient ... Mexican artisans Pan across pillars of the ancient Gymnasium in Sardis. Pan across pillars of the ancient Gymnasium in Sardis. temple of ...

In John's time, Sardis was one of the wealthiest Roman cities despite having been rebuilt multiple times after devastating earthquakes. We visited a well restored area containing a toilet(!), shops, a ...

“Nothing but ruins,” said Maria Nol, who lived in a mobile home there with her daughter, her son-in-law and her three grandchildren. Ms. Nol was one of many people who worked and struggled ...

Keni “Arts” Davis has depicted many of Altadena’s changes with a paintbrush. The retired 75-year-old Hollywood set painter who worked on movies like “Ocean’s Eleven” and TV shows like ...

JABALIA, Gaza (Reuters) - The rats and dogs scavenging amid the ruins of her neighborhood in northern Gaza make Manal Al-Harsh's return to her wrecked home even more miserable. Despite the respite ...

It's all hands-on deck in Southern California, where deadly fires continue to burn due to a combination of high winds, low humidity and relentless drought conditions. Since multiple fires ignited ...

More than 12,000 buildings have been destroyed and 25 people killed in total after devastating fires have ravaged Southern California, officials say. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass told residents on ...

(Océane Doucet/Radio-Canada) Moncton is taking ownership of the ruins of a large rink near downtown that was destroyed by a fire almost a century ago. Councillors voted 10-1 Monday to accept ...

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Back in the 1970s, recalls a writer who grew up there, Malibu was a more relaxed and less ostentatious place. Memories, nostalgia and regret mix on a trek to find the old family home. What really ...

The concrete ruins demarcate what were once the entrances to the mines and a building with fans and a ventilation shaft. The largest of these is the graffiti-covered ventilation building.