From military might to philosophical insights, ancient leaders such as Alexander the Great, Hatshepsut, and Cyrus the Great ...

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Shipwrecks can reveal information about traded goods and even which rituals people partook in centuries ago. Shipwrecks can ...

Illinois wasn’t always farmland. New research reveals a lost tropical world of swamps, rivers and seas frozen in the fossils ...

Scientists have found what they believe may be the earliest evidence of violence in Southeast Asia. Studies of a ...

In the Amfissa Valley, an ancient footpath winds through thousand-year-old olive groves to the ancient ruins of Delphi — and ...

King Celeus of Eleusis was the first man to learn goddess Demeter’s sacred rites, shaping the Eleusinian Mysteries and ...

This year has seen a number of artifacts recovered from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Egypt. The area has attracted interest for some time due to ongoing searches for the tomb of Cleopatra ...

Long destroyed, the Colossus of Rhodes was a World Wonder that survives in paintings, documentaries, and even a few video games.

Ancient 2,000-year-old artifacts were recovered from the Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria, Egypt, possibly from the sunken ...

The Judgement of Paris, which was likely the first ancient Greek beauty pageant, set off one of the most important narratives in mythology.

Naperville Park District’s annual Wonderful World of Wheels touch-a truck event will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 15 at Wolf’s Crossing Community Park, 3252 Wolf’s Crossing Road.