The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of ...

Seven wonders that existed in Nigeria 1. The Great Walls of Benin in Nigeria were larger and longer than the famous Great Wall of China. Alas, the Walls of Benin were destroyed by the British in 1897 ...

How archaeologists are rediscovering the ancient world's most marvelous monuments The canonical Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were renowned for their size or splendor and—in all cases—the ...

A powerhouse of culture, history, and architectural prestige, India is known as one of the world's tourist destinations. The most populous and the seventh-largest country in the world, India is where ...

While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have ...

Looking for national parks you can see in one day? These 15 day-trippable U.S. parks offer stunning trails, epic views, and ...

Just north of La Jolla proper lies Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, home to the rarest pine tree in America and some of the most dramatic coastal scenery in Southern California. The Torrey pine ...

Mesopotamia, eighth century b.c. Streams and irrigation canals shown on both reliefs are also mentioned in a text commissioned by Sennacherib that records his grand efforts to transform Nineveh. This ...

Egypt has unveiled two colossal statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III in Luxor. The alabaster statues, known as the Colossi of ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

The Benin Bronzes, taken from what is now Nigeria, have become a symbol in the effort to return looted artifacts to their ...

A pilgrim who visited the Second Temple in Jerusalem may have carved their memories into a limestone block for another ...