The Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was a monumental structure built on the island of Pharos. Soaring over 350 feet tall, its three tiered design featured a ...
Hecatomnus’ tomb, Milas, Turkey Marble statues from the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the massive tomb built for Mausolus, governor of the southwestern Anatolian province ...
Aerial photo showing a fifteenth-century citadel on the island of Pharos, where the Lighthouse of Alexandria once stood, and a digital image of the underwater remnants of the monument Coin showing the ...
The origins of ancient Greek city names like Athens and Olympia reflect mythology, history, and the development of Greek ...
Turkey was once full of Greek cities which were the cradle of ancient Greek scientific and philosophical thought.
The chance rediscovery of the ancient Chinese Sanxingdui civilization is legendary in and of itself. In 1929, an unsuspecting peasant in Sichuan province stumbled upon a cache of jade relics while ...
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The new 7 wonders of nature

Nature has always inspired humanity with its boundless beauty, power, and mystery. Whether travelers are exploring towering ...
Underwater archaeologists announced they had discovered the ancient wreck of an ancient Egyptian pleasure boat off the coast ...
A study says the Ain Samiya goblet, found in 1970, depicts a moment of cosmic creation, challenging previous scholarly ...
The ancient world was probably filled with magicians using science only a few understood, but the works of one man have ...
The discovery offers a fascinating glimpse into "life, religion, luxury, and pleasure" on the waterways of early Roman Egypt.
A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...