What if I told you the Statue of Liberty was built to imitate a wonder of the ancient world? The colossus is the wonder of the ancient world that we know the least about. We don’t know where it stood, ...

the crumbling ruins of an ancient temple in northeast Thailand were picked clean by local looters. Possibly hundreds of centuries-old statues that were long buried beneath the soft, verdant ...

While repairing a sewer along Rome's ancient Appian Way, workers came across an incredible discovery: an ancient marble statue of a life-sized figure dressed as Hercules. The statue was discovered ...

Atop Mount Nemrut lies what some call the eighth wonder of the world: a religious sanctuary of 10 colossal statues surrounding a mound believed to hold the tomb of an ancient king. These ...

NEW YORK, NY – On April 26, New York prosecutors announced the return of 30 antiquities to Cambodia and Indonesia, stating that the items had been looted, sold, or illegally transferred by ...

Archaeologists say the marble coffin is the first of its kind found in the region. The story it depicts is more often seen in ...

The diamond pattern on the statues' bases may represent mountains — specifically those on the eastern horizon of Ur where the sun rises. Daily sunrise was very important in ancient Mesopotamia.

NOTE: Video is from FOX 2’s coverage of the Statue if Liberty replica arriving in 2023. SAUGET, Ill. – A century-old Statue of Liberty replica has called the St. Louis region – specifically ...

When Kevin Hatala asks his students on the first day of class, “What are the characteristics that make us human?” the first response they tend to give is opposable thumbs. “But if you look ...

The newly sequenced genomes were then compared with ancient and modern American genomes, revealing a strong genetic continuity in the Maya region from the late archaic period to the present day.

A man was taken into police custody on Saturday after he broke the armrest off an ancient Vietnamese throne recognized as a ‘national treasure,’ Vietnamese state media reported. The throne ...