The dust-covered relic emerges from the earth, promising to rewrite history books and challenge everything we thought we knew about the past. For centuries, ...

An exhibition of 3,000-year-old artefacts at Battersea power station gives Egypt’s most ambitious, self-aggrandising pharaoh a chance to emerge from Tutankhamun’s shadow ...

Buried in the deserts of the Near East, Egypt, and Central Asia, ancient libraries with troves of knowledge and wisdom have been uncovered.

Dragged along by my dad to see Pentangle, I heard something ancient that kickstarted my obsession with this country’s folklore – an enchanted, subversive and strange version of a Britain where I could ...

For the anniversary of the Boston Massacre, Paul Meany examines how ancient and Enlightenment thinkers ultimately influenced ...

Found in the Chichester district of West Sussex, just four miles north west of Petworth, Lurgashall sits inside the South Downs National Park.

Images circulating on social media showing a temple site in Cambodia that appears to replicate the famous Buddha head entwined in tree roots at Wat Mahathat have sparked widespread discussion online.

WELL, how does one begin to try and follow in the footsteps of a much-loved columnist whose appetite for the countryside and whose radicalism informed so much of what he wrote?Letter-writers in these ...

We've rounded up 22 iconic structures that nod to, draw heavily from, or pretty much duplicate other buildings.

There's a good reason many Americans consider retiring in the Caribbean. It's warm, beautiful, welcoming, offers modern ...

Which of our pint-sized cities has the most to offer visitors, and which are sadly lacking? Our UK expert offers his verdict ...

Castles (and palaces and châteaux) are fantasy settings out of storybooks for many. They can be spotted all over Europe, though, bringing fairy tales to life.