A French-Saudi research team unearthed the 4,000-year-old hidden town named al-Natah within the walled oasis of Khaybar, a fertile land surrounded by desert in the northwest of the Arabian Peninsula.

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The discovery of a 4,000-year-old fortified town hidden in an oasis in modern-day Saudi Arabia reveals how life at the time ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a 4,000-year-old abandoned town in Saudi Arabia’s Khaybar oasis. Published in PLOS One, the town known as al-Natah dates back to 2,400 BC during the early Bronze Age and ...

The ancient African town of Chinguetti was once a stopover for trade caravans and pilgrims in the Sahara Desert. As many of the people passing through were rich and educated, libraries started ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a 4,000-year-old fortified town located in the heart of an Arabian oasis. The settlement, named al-Natah, was discovered hidden within the Khaybar oasis in the northwest ...

IONE, Calif. — Edward J. Stephens Jr. couldn’t stop running away from his home in Los Angeles. So in the late 1930s, his father made a last-ditch move: Having his son sent to Preston School of ...

An abandoned Russian ghost town, located along a route known as the "road of bones", has an eerie presence. The road was constructed by prisoners who endured horrific conditions in one of Russia's ...

Americana has long held a fascination for Old West ghost towns, symbols of a bygone day. Now Joybird has redefined that term for the modern age. In their new study, “ghost towns” are modern metro ...

Several cats are in need of a home after a woman travelling through B.C. over the Thanksgiving weekend found the animals abandoned in a small carrier, the BC SPCA says. The cats were found in a ...