The Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was a monumental structure built on the island of Pharos. Soaring over 350 feet tall, its three tiered design featured a ...

Aerial photo showing a fifteenth-century citadel on the island of Pharos, where the Lighthouse of Alexandria once stood, and a digital image of the underwater remnants of the monument Coin showing the ...

For over 2,300 years, researchers and historians are trying to locate the Alexander the Great Tomb, one of the world's ...

Fallen pyramids, lost statues, and drowning cities reveal how fragile wonders are, and how fiercely people fight to remember ...

The royal symbol on the newly discovered figurines solves a long-standing mystery by identifying who was buried in the ...

Eighty years ago, five planes vanished during a training run off the Florida coast. A patrol plane sent to search for the men ...

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 ...

Archeological excavations at Jerash continue to produce new finds more than a century after the ancient city’s rediscovery.

Celeste Edenloff is the special projects editor and senior reporter for the Alexandria Echo Press. She has lived in the ...

National Geographic Explorer Peter Campell provides an inside look at the early stages of a heritage crime investigation.

Alexandra Fairweather and Luke Smith-Stevens shared how they’re navigating the preservation of the legacies of John ...

The crash that killed 53-year-old Alexander Wurm and his 22-year-old daughter, Serena Wurm, happened the morning of Nov. 10.