The Seven Churches of Revelation in modern-day Turkey are fascinating for believers and non-believers alike ...

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Archeologists have been busy over the last few months as they dig up more relics from the Eastern Roman Empire in Egypt, ...

As I step into Istanbul’s Basilica Cistern, the first thing that comes to mind is Dan Brown’s Inferno. Walking through the dimly lit underground chamber surrounded with rows of ancient columns, soft ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities A Byzantine city in Egypt's Dakhla Oasis has been found in striking condition, ...

A Byzantine city in Egypt's Dakhla Oasis has been found in striking condition, opening a rare window onto life in a desert community — including where residents worshipped, how they traded, how they ...

Egyptian archaeologists working at Dakhleh Oasis, 565km south-west of Cairo, have excavated a mud-brick settlement, revealing hundreds of inscribed pot sherds, bronze and gold coins, and religious and ...

Archaeologists also uncovered bread ovens, kitchens and stone grinding tools that had been used to cook food. The Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said that the first discovery reveals details of ...

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WESTERN DESERT, EGYPT—Ahram Online reports that remnants of a fortified city inhabited in the fourth century A.D. have been uncovered at the Ain El-Sabil site in Egypt’s Dakhleh Oasis. Hisham ...

Egyptian archaeologists uncovered on Saturday 4 July a remarkably well-preserved Byzantine-era residential city in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis, offering new insights into daily life in one of the country’s ...