Starting in the third century B.C.E., ships sailing to Alexandria, Egypt would have been greeted with a jaw-dropping sight: ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (NewsNation) — Limestone and granite blocks from the Lighthouse of Alexandria have been recovered from the sea floor for ...

The surprising discovery took place in the depths of the Mediterranean, where a historic structure was found that had ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

If you were an ancient traveller, your bucket list would undoubtedly include the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. From the Lighthouse of Alexandria to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, these Greek ...

Archaeologists have made a fascinating discovery as they find the remains of one of the Seven Wonders of the World on the ocean floor. A total of 22 enormous stone blocks from the legendary Lighthouse ...

In the depths of the Mediterranean Sea, a team of leading archaeologists made a discovery of enormous historical value. It consists of 22 blocks of monumental dimensions that were part of the ...