During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

(The plaza contains an obelisk that is elevated on a granite base ... (Like the Rosetta Stone, the limestone carving features three scripts: hieroglyphs, demotic and Greek.) ...

Limber up and eat some pasta, because we're about to test you with a bit of Boston Marathon trivia for every mile of the run.

The funeral of Pope Francis will be held on Saturday in St Peter’s Square. Until then, his body, kept in an open coffin, will ...

We reveal original designs and alternative plans for some iconic monuments, so you can imagine the world's cityscapes as they ...

You could spill vast rivers of blue Danube ink try to encapsulate the enduring brilliance of Vienna and all that it has ...

Have you ever seen a bunch of coins on a headstone and wondered why they were there? They weren’t placed there by ...

There were even coffins buried in the base ... statues, one of which contained seeds, a symbol of rebirth. Many of the burials date later than the other finds at Saqqara, to the era of Greek ...

This particular stone ... The emperor's statue has disappeared, and only four of the marble columns that encircled the monument remain intact. One side of the great marble base features reliefs ...

Ziv, from Moshav Ramot Meir, was walking with her parents and sisters when she picked up what appeared to be a small stone at the base of a hill ... rare objects such as pharaoh seals, Egyptian ...

Archeologists working at the Basilica of Saint Stephen in Rome discovered a statue head within the church’s foundation. Located near the Tombe di Via Latina, the carved stone was likely treated ...