These nerve-jangling events could hardly have come at a worse time. For a start, they involve two of the world’s nine known ...

From elegant riads tucked away within the Medina to resorts with views of the Atlas Mountains, these are our favourite luxury ...

Jackson Njau's fascination with human origins started as a curious teen growing up a few hours from one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. Now a pioneering paleoanthropologist at ...

A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

Near the museum is Thunderbird Park, home to colourful hand-carved indigenous totems (or ... walk through a forest leading to a ­spectacular spiral ramp that sedately takes walkers 105ft up ...

In mitigation, Nicci Horton told the court that while she conceded her client, "has an unimpressive criminal record, he was in a downward spiral in his life. He had a drugs debt and he was funding ...

The marble was shipped as uncut slabs from Italy, via New Orleans, to Rock Island, and carved onsite. Another example is the vast amount of plaster ornamentation on the ceiling of the room and ...

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I am the shark among the fishes and the Ganges among the rivers says Krishna in Bhagavad Gita Ganga is India s most sacred river The last three Vedas Yajur Sama Atharva gave much importance to Ganga h ...

Edging Toward Japan: Embracing the otherness of the gaijin existence ...