The ancestor of all “best-of” lists was the Hellenistic accounting of monumental must-sees. Only one remains in anything like ...

In her learned and insightful survey, “The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World,” the classicist Bettany ... Egypt in the early 20th century. A list on the papyrus comprises “a cornucopia ...

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Artist’s depiction of the Colossus of Rhodes (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World). Credit: Public Domain. Most people today know of the Colossus of Rhodes as one of the Seven Wonders of the ...

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The bride questioned if it was 'hypocritical' to bring her 11-month-old daughter to her child-free wedding. “So my husband and I just recently got married,” the bride wrote in a Reddit post.

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Perperikon - the ancient Thracian city near Kardzhali, made it to the top 10 of the world's must-see sites, according to a ranking by the Guardian newspaper. The site is listed alongside Neolithic ...