Following King Kashyapa's death, this Royal palace and fortress were abandoned. Sigiriya Rock, once home to a Buddhist monastery until the 14th century, is now celebrated for its awe-inspiring ...

An "elite grave" discovered in the remnants of an abandoned fortress in Mongolia contains the remains of a woman dressed in a yellow, silk cloak and offers insight into the inner workings of ...

It was once named the City of Joy by a former monarch and has witnessed the rise and fall of numerous dynasties.

A satire on war and on the stupid things war inspires people to do. Four young men enter an abandoned fortress. Inside, they find military uniforms, which they immediately resolve to use to stage ...

Perched on a hillside in Spain, this site had been hiding a double surprise from archaeologists for centuries. In 2021, during a preventive excavation ahead of a planned solar panel installation ...

Food storage is a popular use for the structures. Here, Alex Lussi of Swiss mushroom producer Gotthard-Pilze picks a shiitake mushroom inside a former ammunition bunker near the town of Erstfeld ...