This research has been carried out by archaeologists from the European Institute of Underwater Archaeology Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Great Pyramid of Giza and…
Established in 1823, the Virginia Theological Seminary acquired a sizable amount of its current property off Quaker Lane four years later. The post Out of the attic | Aspinwall Hall appeared first on Alexandria Times. Established in 1823, the Virginia Theological Seminary acquired…
A stretch of road in the West End, today extending from Duke Street south toward the Capital Beltway, was evident on Civil War-era maps. The post Out of the Attic | Old Lincolnia Road appeared first on Alexandria Times. A stretch…
The new federal city, the District of Columbia, was laid out in a diamond shape and marked with boundary stones in 1791 and 1792. The post Out of the attic | D.C. boundary markers appeared first on Alexandria Times. The new federal city, the…
A school building once located at the southwest corner of Duke Street and South Quaker Lane was originally known as Lee-Jackson High School. At the time it was constructed in 1925, the school was located in Fairfax County. When it opened…
The Freedom House Museum at 1315 Duke St. invites you to view a new traveling exhibition, “Monday Robinson: A Life of Thorns and Roses.” The exhibition opened at Freedom House on Oct. 22 and will run through Dec. 31. Belle Grove Plantation, located…
Divers found a bronze signet ring showing the Lighthouse of Alexandria, finished around 280 BC, in a sunken palace on Antirhodos, the IEASM says. Underwater archaeologists have uncovered a bronze signet ring in the ruins of a palace on Antirhodos, a…
In 2015, The Office of Historic Alexandria received a grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities for a project titled “Immigrant Alexandria: Past, Present and Future.” The project led Historic Alexandria to conduct and transcribe oral history interviews with 20 new…
How the town became the town.
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