Among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus stood as a testament to both architectural ambition and one king’s eternal vanity. Built in what is now Bodrum, Turkey, ...

Long-lost stone blocks from the legendary Lighthouse of Alexandria, once a beacon to ancient mariners and one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, have been hoisted from the Mediterranean. The ...

Throughout history, the monumental constructions of the ancient world have gripped imaginations as much for their feats of engineering as for their restricted number and prior acclaim. From Alexander ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Petra in Jordan stands as one of the most famous archaeological sites on the planet (Getty Images) You may have read about the ...

Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza were built to endure an eternity, but how remains one of the ancient world’s greatest mysteries.

SandStone Global Productions and AR Studio Paris are developing an at-home augmented reality experience for 5’s upcoming series Seven Wonders of the Ancient World with Bettany Hughes. In the series, ...

The Civil Courts Building in downtown St. Louis is one of those buildings everyone knows—and many of us know it so well, it’s become almost invisible. Yet there it looms, right at the intersection of ...

Where are you going this year? As journeys for a yearly sojourn start taking shape, consider Asia Minor. The climate mirrors our own Southern California weather, with mild winters and hotter summers, ...

Hiring a knowledgeable guide to explain what you’re looking at is well worth the cost. To mentally reconstruct a ruined ancient site like Italy’s Ostia Antica, it pays to do some homework in advance.