Thirty years after its discovery, pieces of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which stood watch long ago in the harbors of ancient Egypt, are being pulled from the depths of the Mediterranean.

Europe is bursting with islands (the Mediterranean is said to have over 10,000 alone), so we're spoilt for choice.

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

Map showing Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Dates in bold green and dark red are of their construction and destruction, respectively. Credit: Mediterranean Basin and Near East before 1000 AD ...

Newly sequenced ancient genomes from Yunnan, China, have shed new light on human prehistory in East Asia. In a study published in Science, a research team led by Prof. Fu Qiaomei at the Institute ...

Standing tall on the island of Pharos in ancient Egypt, the Lighthouse of Alexandria once soared over 350 feet, guiding sailors and symbolizing the might of Alexandria. Built in the 3rd century ...

TRIPOLI, May 5 (Xinhua) -- A Libyan-international archaeological mission announced on Monday the discovery of the remains of an ancient sea lighthouse on the coast of eastern Libya's Tobruk city ...

One of the Seven Wonders of the World, Alexandria's 40-story lighthouse, the Pharos, dated from c. 283 B.C. It fell into ruin in the 1300s. PoodlesRock / Corbis ...

The Lighthouse of Alexandria, built around 280 BC on the island of Pharos, was one of the tallest structures of the ancient world, estimated to be around 400 feet tall.

Genomes sequenced from 7,000-year-old mummies in the Sahara have revealed a previously unknown population that inhabited the vast desert during its greener past.

Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged mainland to bustling Athens, we trace the rise of Greek culture.