Cities | A Blog About History

2,500-year-old planning city found India

March 21st, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

Evidence of a planned city, completed with water reservoirs, roads, seals and coins, has been found in Chhattisgarh, India. The

March 15th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

The remains of a city dating back to the 2nd or 3rd century B.C. has been found in the eastern

January 24th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

Archaeologists are searching for a lost royal city in the Sahara Desert that was ruled by the kings of Nubia

November 23rd, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

Archaeologists working in Jiangsu province, China, have unearthed the ancient city of Wu. It is probably the biggest find of

October 29th, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

An ancient city, complete with mosaics and villas, has been unearthed in Izmir, Turkey. The newly-unearthed city is believed to

October 25th, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

A new study suggests that the ancient city of Alexandria was aligned so that on Alexander the Great’s birthday the

July 20th, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

Archaeologists have uncovered 200 houses and scores of Viking artifacts at a site in northern Germany. Danish archaeologists believe they

June 20th, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

The ancient Roman city of Palmyra once supported a population of 100,000 people in the middle of the desert. Now