Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Constantine in eastern Algeria is one of the oldest cities in the world. Known as the city of 'hanging bridges' it is believed the ...

Few people visit Algeria anymore because of internal strife, but I hitchhiked across the country in 1975. Theses are some recollections of the country’s greatest archeological site, the Roman city of ...

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We were on the road out of Timgad when the dust storm caught up with us. Within an hour, the plume had swept in from the west and blotted out the sun. Within two, it had washed out the horizon ...

Timgad - a Roman military colony in modern Algeria - is one of the most intact ancient cities. Its ruins exemplify how Roman settlements were laid out, functioned, and developed over time. ABC ...