A jade mask depicting a maya storm god unearthed in aroyal tomb

PYRAMIDS, obelisks, coffins and sphinxes are embedded in ...

A new exhibition explores the enduring artistry of ancient Egypt

Danish archæologists have uncovered a 4,000-year-old circle of wooden piles that they say could be linked to Stonehenge in Britain. The 45 Neolithic-era wooden pieces, in a circle with a diameter of a

How the Qin forged a great power from the fragments of the Warring States

Over the years, my best friend, who lives in Egypt, had invited me to stay with him more than once, always with the promise of extraordinary hospitality, but I always found reasons to decline. Sometim

Three people who have declared themselves to be a “lost African tribe” have set up home in woodlands near Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders, proclaimed it to be the “kingdom of Kubala”, and changed the