Engravings of ships have been found on an ancient water cistern discovered in a city in Israel’s Negev desert. The Roman era-cistern, which is 39-feet deep, was excavated by the Israel Antiquities ...

In northern Jordan, along a wadi once called the Golden River, the ancient city of Jerash sits uneasily alongside its modern namesake. With its columned temples, Roman forum, and other monuments, it's ...

The basic idea of a cistern water system, which collects and stores water in or near a home, goes back centuries. In some parts of Western Asia, archeologists discovered lime plaster cisterns in the ...

HOUSTON — Houston is full of hidden treasures and one of them sits more than 200 feet below Buffalo Bayou Park near downtown. The Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, reminiscent of the ancient Roman cisterns ...

The city of Metropolis features structures from many eras. This theater dates to the Hellenistic period. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons For a city under siege, danger comes not just from enemies ...

The Basilica Cistern in Istanbul is almost 1500 years old. I’m writing this in Atlanta, a city that’s barely 180 years old. Time will destroy you if you think about it too much. Istanbul is a ...

RASHAYIDA, West Bank (Reuters) - Hewn from rock, the cavernous cisterns which dot the desert beyond Bethlehem have for centuries harvested winter rain to provide shepherds and their flocks with water ...