However, skyscrapers aren’t new. The origins of skyscraper construction can be traced back 492 years to the ancient city of Shibam in Yemen. Here, the city's 7,000 residents lived in ...

“A portion of the salaries paid to Roman soldiers was in salt,” Politis said, adding that balsam oil was produced at the site of Ain Judi on the shores of the Dead Sea. Inscriptions found in ...