In ancient times, travelers journeying to Egypt via the Mediterranean Sea often faced perilous conditions. As the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus wrote in the first century B.C.E., a sandbank ...

Workers at the Egyptian port city of Alexandria have recovered 22 massive stone blocks that were used thousands of years ago to build the city's famous lighthouse, one of the wonders of the ancient ...

The age of Hellenism refers not to Helen of Troy but to the land the Ancient Greeks called “Hellas.” More specifically, the name refers to Alexander the Great, (356 B.C.–323 B.C.) and the age ...

Of the seven wonders of the ancient world, only the Great Pyramid at Giza has survived the destructive hands of time, nature, and war. The Lighthouse of Alexandria, however, is set to enjoy a second ...

When the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt was completed in the 3rd century B.C.E., most wouldn’t have been able to glimpse the peak of the gargantuan tower, but all could see its light. The structure ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lighthouse in Greece. Lighthouses have been built in epic locations around the world, from volcanoes to sand dunes. The Tower of ...

Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of an ancient ring in a submerged harbor linked to Cleopatra — and it sheds light on a long-lost wonder of the ancient world. The discovery was made in ...

Ancient ring reveals rare image of Alexandria's iconic lighthouse For centuries, anyone hoping to picture the Lighthouse of Alexandria has had to make do with fragments: worn coins, a handful of ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a bronze ring-signet depicting the famous Lighthouse of Alexandria during underwater excavations at the submerged Royal Island of Antirhodos in Egypt. The discovery was ...