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Viking® ( (NYSE: VIK) today announced its newest ship for the Nile River—the 82-guest Viking Amun—was "floated out," marking ...

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Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...

Earthquakes, looting and Nile floods obscured much of ruler Amenhotep III's temple until archaeologists ... alliances in the ancient world, but unusual for Egypt, whose rulers tended to disdain ...