The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of ...

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 ...

A powerhouse of culture, history, and architectural prestige, India is known as one of the world's tourist destinations. The most populous and the seventh-largest country in the world, India is where ...

The Greek city of Rhodes emerged victorious from a yearlong siege by the Macedonian noble Demetrius Poliorcetes in 304 b.c. To commemorate their city’s resilience, the Rhodians built a towering bronze ...

The fantasy of stumbling onto a hidden chamber straight out of an adventure film has become reality at one of the world’s ...

The art world moved forward with glowing renovations to some of New York City’s cultural jewels, as well as sweeping surveys ...

Just north of La Jolla proper lies Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, home to the rarest pine tree in America and some of the most dramatic coastal scenery in Southern California. The Torrey pine ...

“Be brave,” San Diego Wave midfielder Gia Corley said after her club won the second World Sevens Football competition on ...

Almost a half-mile below Monterey Bay's surface, California scientists recorded rare footage of a seven-arm octopus eating a ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

LUXOR, Egypt -- Egypt on Sunday revealed the revamp of two colossal statues of a prominent pharaoh in the southern city of ...

We can break through social anxiety and isolation by sharing awe and wonder with others who are wowed by the same things we ...