The art of mummification

African religious belief before written history

SPOOKY STORIES OF SINISTER SPECTRES ARE NOTHING NEW. HERE, DR IRVING FINKEL TELLS US ABOUT THE GHOSTS OF ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA

Today, the Sahara Desert is one of the most inhospitable places on Earth. But it wasn’t always this way. Roll the clock back 7,000 years and the Sahara was a lush, green savannah, teeming with wildlif

Although we may imagine the bathing practices of our ancestors to be few and far between, in fact there exists a longstanding love story between bathing and the British Isles. This tale begins with th

There’s no better way to discover the treasures of ancient Egypt than on a voyage through time on the Nile, says James Cunningham

A new exhibition explores the imagery of ancient Indian religions and their role in today’s society