This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). If you’re after must-see sights, the monuments of ancient civilisations are right at the top. And it’s not just because their temples, ...

Hiring a knowledgeable guide to explain what you’re looking at is well worth the cost. To mentally reconstruct a ruined ancient site like Italy’s Ostia Antica, it pays to do some homework in advance.

Recent archaeological discoveries across the Americas are reshaping our understanding of ancient history. At the forefront is the Gault site, where archaeologist Michael Collins has unearthed ...