The first americans

Ancient India gave the world its number system, anticipated Galileo’s heliocentric theory by a millennium and spread its culture from Egypt to Siberia–only to be almost entirely forgotten. It’s past time to restore it to its rightful place in history

A cruise along the United States’ most famous river grants Tom Shepherd an authentic taste of the South and its historic towns

San Juan County, Utah. I’m hiking deep inside Bears Ears National Monument in Utah, searching for calendars carved in rocks thousands of years ago. Here, in the Four Corners region of the American Sou

For generations, Australia’s Tiwi people have created art in order to preserve and share their ancient know-how and traditions. Now visitors to the islands of Bathurst and Melville are being invited to share in this rich and ongoing history

Driven by the hunger for new territory, in the 16th century Russia embarked on the ruthless subjugation of a vast and hostile land in the frozen east

Just 25 years ago, there seemed to be little new to say about the Vikings – and that was particularly the case for Viking women. The centuries-old consensus was that Viking wives and daughters stayed