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Enormous Statue of Powerful Pharaoh Unearthed in Egypt

CAIRO -- Archaeologists unearthed one of the largest statues found to date of a powerful ancient Egyptian pharaoh at his mortuary temple in the southern city of Luxor, the country's antiquities authority announced Tuesday. The 13 meter (42 foot) tall statue of Amenhotep III was one of a pair that flanked the northern...

Six Decades Later, FBI's Ten Most Wanted List Still Tough to Crack

WASHINGTON -- In the film "Take the Money and Run," Woody Allen played a bumbling, publicity-starved petty criminal named Virgil Starkwell. "You know he never made the Ten Most Wanted list," Starkwell's wife, Louise, lamented in the 1969 comedy. "It's very unfair voting. It's who you know." As Allen's fictitious character...

NATO Strikes on Libya an Echo of Serbia Conflict

BELGRADE, Serbia -- NATO war planes hit tanks with deadly precision, with the aim of degrading a despot's army and leveling the playing field for a ragtag rebel force. In many ways, the air strikes on Libya mirror the Western alliance's Serbia campaign 12 years ago. Both conflicts targeted easily identifiable villains -...

Rescuers Work to Net Sacred Turtle in Vietnam [VIDEO]

Thousands of Vietnamese jostled and climbed trees around a lake in the capital today hoping to see a rare giant turtle considered sacred by many but in desperate need of medical attention.

Ancient Iraqi Ivories on Display at British Museum

LONDON -- The British Museum has acquired a collection of ancient carved ivories excavated in Iraq with the help of mystery maven Agatha Christie. The 6,000 pieces were found at the ancient Assyrian capital of Nimrud between 1949 and 1963 during an expedition led by archaeologist Max Mallowan. His wife, Christie, helped...

Background on history

History (from Greek - historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events.

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