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

The IJ is reprinting some of the late Beth Ashley’s columns. This is from 2007. When the voting got underway, I was in Africa. People from all over the globe were invited to vote on ...

Rhodes, the largest island of the Dodecanese archipelago in Greece, possesses a history spanning millennia. While currently a major Mediterranean tourist favourite, Rhodes is uniquely distinguished as ...

The U.S. mined about 1.1 million tons of copper in 2024, which is less than the demand in a year. Some of that copper is refined overseas.

Folio 8 revives the “Colossus of Nose” advertisement — a playful nod to The Colossus of Rhodes — celebrating the whisky’s bold and towering aroma. Crafted from a selection of first-fill ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza, the Lighthouse at Alexandria, the Colossus of Rhodes, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the Temple of ...

Poignant melodies abound in Ashes To Ashes but the line that is arguably the most moving is: “I never done good things/I ...

Even the ancient 111-foot-high Colossus of Rhodes was built using repurposed bronze. When the statue, built in about 280 BCE, fell during an earthquake, the metal was simply melted down and reused.