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Archaeopolis is a Byzantine city-fortress in ancient Lazica (Colchis) in modern-day western Georgia commanding the junction of the River Tekhuri and a strategic route to the north. Archaeopolis...

Madauros was a Numidian city ruled successively by African kings Syphax (r. c. 215-203 BCE) and Massinissa (r. 202-148 BCE). It became an important Roman colony in the Flavian period, and one of its...

Siege of the Erivan Fortress, 1 Oct 1827, oil on canvas by Franz Roubaud, 1893. History Museum of Armenia, Yerevan.

Bukelon Fortress ruins, Thrace (modern-day Bulgaria), ruins from the 12-14th century CE. This site was mentioned in reports from the Battle of Adrianople in the 4th century CE.

This object is an ancient Israelite royal fortress gate, made out of limestone. It was excavated from Hazor and dates to the Iron Age II (9th BCE). (The Israel Museum, Jerusalem) ©The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Used with...

The ruins of the ancient Metsamor Fortress lie to the southwest of Taronik, Armenia. The area was populated from the 5th millennium BC until roughly 1700 CE. The site is currently being explored and excavated by a...

A 1914 photograph showing armour plating on a fortress pierced by shells on the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums

View of the Erivan Fortress, modern Yerevan, Armenia, in 1796, by G. Sergeevich.

The ancient hill fortress of Lchashen, Armenia overlooks Lake Sevan. It dates from roughly the mid-3rd millennium BCE.

The ruins of the ancient Metsamor Fortress lie to the southwest of Taronik, Armenia. The area was populated from the 5th millennium BC until roughly 1700 CE. The site consists of a series of complexes, sanctuaries, and...