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 ...

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

When the Prospect Harbor Lighthouse caught fire years ago, its billowing smoke trailed along the Gouldsboro coastline, reigniting interest in the distant fixture often taken for granted as a steadfast ...

The Diocese of Alexandria will be filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the Bishop has announced. In a message posted on the Diocese social media, Bishop Robert W. Marshall Jr. explains that the move is ...

The Split Rock Lighthouse beacon, located along the Lake Superior shore near Beaver Bay, is lit at dusk on Nov. 10, 2010, to recognize the anniversary of the sinking of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald ...

More than two millennia after it guided sailors into the bustling harbor of Alexandria, the legendary Lighthouse or Pharos of Alexandria, the ancient world's most famous beacon, has partially emerged ...

It’s a ship that was used in the filming of “Pirates of the Caribbean,” and that’s not even its coolest claim to fame. In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” we’re heading to Old Town Alexandria, ...

Before apocryphally rolling out of the carpet and stepping into legend, Cleopatra (69 BC-30 BC) already had a storied past. The 21-year-old and her 13-year-old brother-husband Ptolemy XIII (62 BC-47 ...

Lighthouses are not on most Northern Virginians’ minds these days, but Aug. 7 was National Lighthouse Day and this area has a special lighthouse, the Jones Point Lighthouse on the Potomac River. “The ...

It’s been nearly 30 years since archaeologist Jean-Yves Empereur first spotted the ruins of the lighthouse scattered beneath Alexandria’s harbor in 1995. Now, thanks to advanced tech and sheer human ...