How did this royal tomb become an ancient wonder? Size and style. Built in the 4th century B.C., the lavish—and massive—Mausoleum at Halicarnassus awed onlookers for more than 1,600 years.

Pelion in Greece was the site of the oldest lighthouse in the world, older even than the famed Lighthouse, or "Pharos," of ...

The New Trains in Central Asia Travel Back in Time to Breathtaking Sights Along the Silk Road. Uzbekistan’s cultural gems are becoming more accessible with new trains.

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On Aug. 9, 1969, the 8-months-pregnant Tate and her friends — Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, and Wojciech Frykowski — were at ...

According to the great historian Thucydides, the trireme was introduced to Greece by the Corinthians in the late 8th century BC; the Corinthian Ameinocles was recorded as building four such ships for ...

U.S. aid to Israel soared to billions of dollars annually. The Pentagon built Iran’s military into one of the largest in the world, growing Iran’s defense budget some 800 percent over four to five ...

Many of the manuscripts known as the Dead Sea Scrolls may be much older than previously thought, according to a new study that could transform our understanding of their Jewish and Christian ...

Since their discovery, the historically and biblically hugely important Dead Sea Scrolls have transformed our understanding of Jewish and Christian origins. However, while the general date of the ...

Ancient relics have been given a fresh lease of life in the Greek capital, where they’ve been reimagined and reworked to coexist with the 21st-century city, from fashion stores to classical ...

Dead Sea Scrolls mystery deepens as AI finds manuscripts to be much older than thought. Findings also impact our understanding of ancient political developments in Eastern Mediterranean ...

The Dead Sea Scrolls are even older than we thought, according to a new AI analysis by scientists at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.