By the early 1800s, travelers passing through the ruined city reported that a few nomadic Bedouins had camped among the ruins, but few people still lived there permanently.

TUCKED away in the middle of Yemen lies an ancient desert city with a unique style of architecture that dates back to the 16th century. Dubbed the “Manhattan of the Dessert”, the sprawl… ...

Ancient city reveals life in desert 2,200 years ago (Xinhua) Updated: 2006-05-22 14:58. Chinese and French archaeologists claim to have discovered the ruins of an ancient city which disappeared in ...

Last year, the Islamic State captured Palmyra, an ancient desert city in the heart of Syria and a UNESCO World Heritage site, and set about killing local civilians and targeting those suspected of ...

Yemen’s Old Walled City of Shibam is the oldest metropolis in the world to use vertical construction. Freya Stark dubbed Shibam "the Manhattan of the desert" in the 1930s. Photograph by George ...

AlUla is an oasis in the Saudi Arabian desert. JohnnyGreig/Getty Images Hegra tomb in Alula, Saudi Arabia. I had seen all the enticing Instagram pictures before landing in AlUla, so I knew the ...

These mysteries are finally being put to rest. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most tantalizing historical artifacts whose true origins or purposes have since ...

Origins: On 7 September 2014, the World News Daily Report web site published an article positing that the remains of a hitherto unknown ancient city had been discovered in the Australian desert: A ...