It’s certainly the oldest walled city in the world, but whether it’s been inhabited all that time is another story. According to some sources, it was abandoned for centuries on end – so we ...

From Damascus, Syria, to Athens, Greece, here are 14 of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.

With some 10,000 cities around the world to explore, there are plenty of opportunities to dig into the history of those locations when you visit. You might have wondered how a city rates in terms ...

Despite changing hands, these cities, often on coastal or inland trade routes, have remained occupied. 24/7 Tempo has compiled the oldest continuously occupied cities in the world.

The world's oldest capital city is so ancient that it was inhabited as early as 10,000 BC. Syria’s capital, Damascus, has claims to be the oldest continuously occupied city in the world.

Although determining which cities are the oldest in the world is a complex task in the imprecise discipline of ancient history, scholars have been debating around many things to come to a conclusion.

The world’s oldest city lived in for 11,000 years - not Athens or Jerusalem It's a city inhabited for 11,000 years and has seen empires come and go, including the Greeks, Romans and Ottomans.

The planet we live in is a tapestry of great histories, journeys, and cultural heritages. Let's take a look at the top 10 oldest cities in the world.

1565 A.D. Florida’s St. Augustine is the oldest continuously inhabited European-founded city in the nation, founded by the Spanish conquistador Pedro Menéndez de Avilés in 1565 A.D.