Everyday life in an extraordinary empire

The global reach of the Indo-European mother tongue

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

twenty metres up, the canopy looks like a highway. Different shades of green, yellow and grey leaves fuse, creating the illusion of an endless rainforest. I spent most of 2013 in the canopy of a cloud

FOUNDATIONS ROME BEFORE ROME The legends that ...

LIFE IN THE ARCTIC

Used in the construction of Florence’s Duomo and favoured by 19th-century architects and designers, Impruneta clay is as solid as rock, finds Arabella Youens