Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

Excavated from a nearly 2,000-year-old villa in Valencia, Spain, the broken-up murals once formed fresco decor ...

Much about the ancient city remains a mystery. Archaeologists suspect the city ruins may have a “Macedonian-style theater” yet to be discovered. Some of the ruins found at the Gradishte site.