Think of Stonehenge and what inevitably springs to mind, of course, are those gargantuan monoliths. However, new research suggests our Neolithic ancestors were not just building upwards on Salisbury P

Beckie Burr has taken the internet by storm with her atmospheric images of ancient sites. The photographer tells Gemma Padley what drives her to make such dramatic images and why she doesn’t plan to stop any time soon

After a decade and a half of excavations, archæologists have uncovered the naturally mummified remains of well over 100 indigenous Yakuts of north-eastern Siberia, one of the coldest places on Earth.

Rue des Colonels Renard, near the Arc de Triomphe in the 17th arrondissement, is situated in a well-heeled part of Paris, featuring fashionable apartments at vertigo-inducing rents. In the late 1930s

As we wandered the labyrinthine trails, winding through fantastic rock formations and swaying birch trees of Brimham Rocks, I realised this unusual landscape must be like a natural theme park for many

The natural disaster that resulted in the prominent ancient Greek city of Helike being lost for centuries